Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...College team, Ewer played the best game. He made one of the four hits and caught two difficult foul flies. Slade threw to bases well; but was careless about passed balls...
...apiece. Brown, on the contrary, seemed to hit McDonald almost at will, securing nine hits, all of which proved timely. Although the Freshmen were easily outbatted by their opponents, their fielding was much the superior. Cropley in left field made two put-outs, one of which was a rather difficult chance. Kendall covered first base in good shape, while Robinson, Putnam and Fincke all showed up well...
...Freshmen was, on the whole, sharp and fairly accurate. Putnam and Fincke, however, were not up to their usual form, while Jaynes missed an easy fly in centre field Robinson at third, on the other hand, threw well to first and had three assists to his credit, besides a difficult put-out. Milne, Whittemore and Kendall also played a good, strong fielding game. Wilder in left field made the star catch of the game for the M. I. T. freshmen while Hull secured a difficult foul fly in the second inning...
Yesterday afternoon the Harvard nine was defeated by Lafayette on Soldiers Field by the score of 8 to 1 in a five inning game. Only five innings were played as a cold drizzling rain fell continuously rendering the ball very slippery and difficult to control. McCornick was put in the box in order to save the regular pitchers, and showed his lack of practice by pitching an ineffective game. Nevins, on the other hand, pitched effectively, striking out seven men and allowing but three hits and these scattered. Lafayette's hits on the other hand were timely, and Walbridge...
...history of the United States Professor Channing has prepared a work "primarily designed," as he says, "for the use of students in their last year in the High School; but the book can be adapted to the need of lower grades by the omission of the more difficult topics, or it can be used in Normal Schools and in colleges by the addition of more collateral reading, map work, note-book work, and written work of one sort or another...