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Word: error (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fairly at New London, but Columbia naturally desires to have in her possession the trophy which is to commemorate her triumph. We would call the attention of the proper authorities to this failure to fulfil the obligations of the '87 crew, in the hope that the error may at once be rectified...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/11/1885 | See Source »

...been enlarged beyond the demands of the students, those are to blame who enlarged it. If there are only 790 men in college who care enough about their money to go to the trouble of buying where they can buy cheapest, then the directors were quality of an error of judgment when they counted on there being more than a thousand such men. But we shall suffer sadly without co-operation in some form, and the thing to do now is to secure it, and secure it, if we can in a better form than that which has just proved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/31/1885 | See Source »

...means up to the proper standard of fair dealing. It was an utterly inexcusable act on the part of the three men in question to refuse to play, because the time did not suit them; especially when by so doing they weakened the team very seriously. It was an error of judgment on the part of the captain to refuse to play with a team on which there were three substitutes, however crippled the team might be. And it was not fair to Harvard to notify her at so late a date that the team could not play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plain Talk from Yale. | 12/5/1884 | See Source »

...defensive game should likewise receive attention, for it is when playing such a game, being on your own end of the field, that any little slip or carelessness is so costly. A mistake made at the other end of the field can more be easily rectified, but any error on defense is liable to loose the game at any moment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/30/1884 | See Source »

Sixth inning. Phillips took his base on G. Nettleton's error and stole second and third; Tilden flied out to Weeks. Nichols hit a hot grounder to McCarthy, who made a pretty stop, and threw home in time to catch Phillips at the plate. Nichols went to second and third on two passed balls and scored on Lemoyne's base hit. Allen hit a grounder to McCarthy, which he failed to stop, and LeMoyne took third base, Allen going to second. Winslow fouled out to Springfield. Dartmouth went out in order. Score, 10 to 1. Smith opened the seventh with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE BALL. | 6/16/1884 | See Source »

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