Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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THERE were to be eight of us, a double quartette; and the sleigh would hold only six. So I was to drive over in a cutter from Pike's and take the eighth voice...
...eighth Latham got first and second on Clark's wild throw; Sawyer was out on a "tick and a catch"; Thayer hit safe to left, and Latham, aided by his superb running and Brown's poor throw, scored another run. Tyng then swung the black walnut for another safe hit and brought in Thayer. Downer's good base hit over second was of no avail, as he was soon left. Ernst began the ninth inning by a safe hit over second, but was forced out by Leeds's poor hit to Clark. Errors by Downer and Williams gave Latham first...
...fourth inning, when, by a series of terrible errors, executed by Leeds and others, the Lowells were enabled to score six runs and tie the game. But in the next inning we again got a good lead, and all went well up to the eighth inning, when a bad muff of Wright's off a pretty throw by Dow from right field, gave the Lowells three runs and the lead. But our chances were still good until the Lowells, when about to take the field, were ordered to stop playing by their manager, who claimed there was an agreement...
...Sawyer's throw to Tyng. Morgan and Bigelow go out, leaving Brown and Wheaton. Leeds gets first on a doubtful fly between second and centre, but he is soon caught napping by Carter's quick throw. Tyng and Holmes then quickly retire. In the eighth inning another fumble by Dow gives Williams his first, but he soon goes out at second by Tyng's good throw. Smith is given a life by Ernst's wild throw to Wright, who, by a superb stop, prevents a run. Downer out on a fly to Holmes. The opportunity for redemption is again offered...
...Saturday, May 26, the Brown and Harvard Freshman Nines played on Holmes's Field. At the end of the eighth inning, when the game was called on account of the rain, the score stood: Brown Freshmen, 14; Harvard Freshmen...