Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...batting and fielding, '90 scored 2 in the first by a base on balls, Piper's hit, Luce's muff of a fly and Lee's miss of a grounder. '91 followed and tied the score by Luce's hit and steal, a wild pitch, Mumford's miss of difficult grounder, and Butterworth's wild throw to catch Babbitt off first. After that the juniors scored in nearly every inning, while the seniors counted only one. '90 began the ninth with the score 8 to 3 against them, and after two men had struck out, three bases on balls...
...have played this season: still the playing of the team as a whole is sleepy. There is not anything like enough snap and vim in their work. and the coaching is very poor. Waters, a new man, was tried in left field, and covered his ground well, accepting four difficult chances. Stone also played well, making some very pretty throws. For the Wollastons, outside the battery Wood and Grant did the best work, making two double plays. The score was as follows...
...very weak at the bat. Spalding was put in to pitch for the last three innings and kept the batting down until the last inning, when a single and a triple were secured from his delivery. For Andover, Rustin, in centre-field played a brilliant game, and accepted four difficult chances; Anderson's work also, at second base, was very fine in spite of his one error...
...generally run down state of health, but has now returned to college, and will probably soon be ready to play again. Stagg has, mean while, been coaching Ridgeway, a fresh sophomore, for change pitcher. He is said to be a strong, well-built man, and to have some difficult curves which he controls well...
...Surbridge, L. S., followed for the negative. He criticised the position of his opponents sharply. He wished the negro to enjoy his full rights, but thought other means desirable. The South does not need armed force but wise counsel to aid her in the solution of this difficult problem...