Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which had been sent by express, did not arrive in time for the game, and so after a long wait the men played in whatever suits they could borrow. Before the game was over it began to grow dark, and finally time was called in the middle of the eighth inning. This was on the whole fortunate for Harvard, for Newton had already scored three runs with two men out and was knocking the ball in every direction...
Ninety-eight made two more runs in the eighth inning. Abbott flied out to Mills, but on the next play Mills threw wild and Davis was safe. He stole second and came in on Slade's two-bagger. Goodridge's hit brought Slade in and Cozzens struck out, ending the inning. Both the hits in this inning were due to the darkness as the men could not see the ball and accordingly the umpire called the game...
...eighth century the Arabians were the most cultured people in the world. This period has set its mark upon our language by the many Arabic words now in our tongue. Arabic is the chief representative of the southern group of the Semitic languages and is the most important for purposes of comparative study...
...Harvard Burgess did some very active work in the field. Haughton pitched a good game except in the eighth inning and led the team at the bat with three hits. Paine made two three-base hits which counted for runs each time. Scannell and Clarkson also made two hits each...
...Selfridge came in on Paine's hit. Paine stole second and scored on Gonterman's hit. Fuller struck out. In the third inning the Juniors made three runs on a base on balls, hits by Warren and Nichols, and Ninety-six's errors. In the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, Ninety-seven made one run in each inning on well-timed hits and shortstop's errors, and in the ninth they scored the last two runs, for which the Senior's errors were chiefly accountable...