Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fumbled badly. Harvard batted finely all through the game, and had the base running been a trifle sharper two or more runs would have been added to the score. The outfielders did not seem to be able to play their positions. They allowed several balls to drop between them with very feeble attempts at a put out. The change of Dean to second base and Mumford to short stop is a good one, although Mumford needs much practice in his position...
...will act as such until the regular team has been chosen, from which a permanent captain will be elected. Only four weeks remain before the Mott Haven games, and until the expiration of that time the candidates will practise daily. Especial attention is being paid to the drop upon which the men will largely depend for their success this year, since the strength of the team will probably be far below that of the famous '88 team which has so creditably represented the university. If we are to attain success this year, it is necessary that those men whose chances...
...single tug as usual. The teams were as follows: Columbia-1, C. H. Hart; 2, E. C. Robinson; 3, E. Harris, (capt.); G. M. Elliot, (anchor). Harvard-1, E. W. Grew; 2, F. O. Raymond, Jr.; 3, J. Endicott, (captain); G. Perry, (anchor). Columbia won 1 inch on the drop, but retained only half an inch at the end of the first minute. At two minutes Columbia had 1 inch again, and at three minutes 1 1-2 inches. Perry was caught soon after this trying to heave and lost about 3 inches more, so that when time was called...
...contestants in the running high jump were J. P. Lee, '91, T. G. Shearman, Yale, D. G. Tenney, Yale, and R. G. Leavitt, '89. Tenney was the first to drop out at 5 feet 5 1-4 inches. From this point the contest was extremely interesting, for first one man and then another failed on his first trial, but cleared the bar on his second or third attempt. Lee dropped out on 5 7 1-4 inches; Shearman cleared 5 feet, 8 inches, and won, as Leavitt, whose best jump was 5 feet 7 1-4 inches, could not reach...
...second and final heat in the tug-of-war brought the meeting to a close. Columbia won half an inch on the drop, but this was soon recovered by Harvard, with half an inch more. The strain was clearly too much for Perry, however, and at the end of two minutes, Columbia had pulled an inch of the rope to their side. From this time they kept increasing their advantage, until they had 5 inches at the end of four minutes, and a foot when time was called. The arrangements on the shoulders of the Columbia rope men evidently gave...