Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Stillman pitched a very effective game, and fielded his position in excellent style. The fielding of Clarkson and of Skilton deserves especial commendation, both players accepting the most difficult chances without error. But while the fielding of the nine was encouraging, the inability to hit was disheartening. The men seemed unable to get their eye on the ball, and when they did reach the ball, were unable to place it out of the reach of the fielders...
Wolcott stroked an extremely difficult race, with careful judgment and plenty of nerve. As usual, he distinguished himself at the finish by a magnificent spurt...
...hits. Randall had one error on a ground ball in the first inning, but played steadily for the rest of the game, making one hit over third base and a sacrifice. Skilton played a brilliant game at second base covering a great deal of ground. He fielded several very difficult balls, and his one error was a failure to recover his balance after stopping a swift ball close to first base. At the bat he drew a base on balls and in the eighth inning, with Pennsylvania leading 5 to 4, made a home run bringing in Randall from first...
...strong wind blowing from the back of the trap caused the birds to drop suddenly and to fly very irregularly, thus making accurate shooting very difficult...
...finals were fairly interesting. Although Plympton braced up after the first set and won the second by steady volleying along the side lines, he weakened in the last two sets and was easily defeated by Whitman's superior net play and driving. Plympton made a number of difficult cross court drives and lobbed well, but with the exception of in the second set, played unsteadily...