Word: error
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this inning, making the score stand 3 to 1. Bean was put out at first, and Le Moyne went out on three strikes. Coolidge went to the bat, knocked a beautiful base hit, reached second and third on a passed ball by Hubbard, and got in on an error by Camp, who fumbled a grounder knocked by Olmsted. Olmsted stole second, but was retired in an attempt to steal third...
...seventh Hubbard went to the bat for Yale, and was put out at first by an elegant stop by Bean. Wilcox got his base on balls, stole second, and got in on a hot liner knocked by Camp, and fumbled by Baker. By this error Camp reached his second, got third on a passed ball, and was cut off at home by a beautifully fielded ball by Le Moyne. Platt was retired at first. Harvard failed to make any runs in this inning, and the score stood Harvard, 3; Yale...
...making a double play, as Gavin, who had run from second to third as the ball was hit, had not time to recover his base. Neither side scored until the third inning, when after the second out two runs were scored for Harvard by a base on balls, error of second, passed ball, and base hits by Halbert and Watson. In the same inning Yale scored one run by a terrible over-throw to first by Mills, giving Britton an unearned run. In the fourth inning Yale scored three more runs by hard batting and a passed ball. Neither side...
...students says: "If the ranking system included relative physical proficiency and attention to sanitation, it would be a sensible enlargement of the schedule. Failure to allow sufficient time for sleep, imprudence in diet, or neglect of exercise, might be marked, like a failure in a lesson, or like an error in deportment. The main tendency of the student's life may be indicated more by physical shortcoming than by any mental lapse...
Dear Madam : As to the newspaper statement which you inclose, that the number of students here has been largely decreased by the admission of young women to the lecture-rooms and laboratories, it is simply a very gross error. A careful examination of our record shows that no diminution in the number of students took place at the admission of young women, but that it was caused by the steady raising of our standard of admission year after year in all our departments, which cut off a considerable number of applicants for admission who had formerly been freely received...