Word: drives
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sargent said that in college the man who roomed above him was a great user of tobacco, and unfortunately was physically incapacitated from taking exercise. The effect of the weed was so marked upon his hearing as to keep him up half the night flaring a revolver to drive away cats, when in reality a cat was never seen there...
...witless shepherd who persists to drive...
...each side endeavors to get a chance to kick the ball out of the scrimmage, and the result is that a pretty rough time occurs, the players who are defending the holder of the ball striving to push the opposing fielders back, while the latter endeavor to drive the former from their protection of the player having the ball, the latter being frequently a badly placed "under man in the fight." In the American inter-collegiate rules, "scrimmage" leads to the placing of the ball, followed by an effort of the possessors of it to have it "snapped back...
...Brown, and matters began to look dubious for Harvard. The supporters of the crimson, however, kept up courage and gave the nine nine rousing cheers as they came to bat, and the sequel showed that their encouragement was not in vain. Le Moyne struck out; Coolidge made a splendid drive to left, which nearly bored a hole through the high board fence which forms a worthy assistant to the church in preventing home runs. Olmsted followed with a hit which succeeded in overreaching the fence, but was balked by the wire screen which, to make assurance doubly sure, is built...
...long two-baser, at which the enthusiasm was boundless. Burt went out, Dilts to Chase. Bean struck the church for a two-baser, bringing Hall in and earning Harvard's second run. Le Moyne flied out to Dilts, Coolidge hit safely to centre, bringing in Bean. Olmsted made another drive to left for a single base and reached second on a passed ball, and Baker sent him home by a two-baser. Nichols sent up a high fly, which was muffed by Smith, letting in Baker thus giving five runs in the last inning, three of which were earned...