Word: error
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...underlie some economic theorems. Of a similar character is the evidence that many kinds of events are practically independent of each other. From this presumption it is deducible that magnitudes depending on a great variety of causes will vary according to a law of frequency called the law of error...
Stillman pitched a very effective game, and fielded his position in excellent style. The fielding of Clarkson and of Skilton deserves especial commendation, both players accepting the most difficult chances without error. But while the fielding of the nine was encouraging, the inability to hit was disheartening. The men seemed unable to get their eye on the ball, and when they did reach the ball, were unable to place it out of the reach of the fielders...
Wendell made two put outs, a sacrifice hit, got his base on balls once, and scored one run. Coolidge made a base hit, a sacrifice hit, and two put outs. Randall had three errors, but made a pretty stop of high throw from Matthews in the ninth inning and got hit by a pitched ball in the eleventh. Skilton made a beautiful one-handed catch of a line hit. Timely hits by Stillman and Daly in the eleventh inning brought in the winning runs for Harvard. Two runs were also scored in the first inning. In the first inning Wendell...
...infield Matthews and Greenough played brilliantly, their fielding being fast and their throws sure. Matthews made four put-outs and two assists without an error. At the bat, he reached first four times out of the five times...
...first inning a base on balls, three hits and two errors brought in three runs; three hits, two bases on balls and one error added four more in the second; and a three-base hit and a single one more in the fourth. Two hits and two errors scored two runs in the seventh, and two hits and a wild pitch the last run in the eighth. Cornell scored once by a home run in the fourth inning...