Word: error
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...deserved his base, started for first, which a muff of O'Rourke enabled him to keep. Wells seemed to have been so much pleased with Bush's new style of playing that he tried it himself, reaching first in precisely the same manner. Tyler made first through an error of Spalding, Hooper was out by Spalding at first, while McKim made the only base hit of the inning, scoring on Addy's throw over third; Bush, Wells, and Tyler having previously made runs. Kent went out on foul bound to White, leaving the score four to three in favor...
...fielding was marked by a fine throw of Bush to second, putting out O'Rourke; an equally fine throw of Hodges to Bush, catching George Wright; good catches by McKim and Tower; a double by Tyler and Hodges; and the excellent base playing of Kent, he having but one error credited to him, and that an overthrow to third. Hooper pitched finely, as usual. At the close of the seventh inning the score stood 13 to 21, in favor of Harvard, and at this point the game should, without question, have been called; but it was allowed to continue, Boston...
THIS is, in compact form, a record of investigation and discovery, which shows how large and active is the army of workers in the interest of science. So comprehensive a work could not be entirely free from error, but it is almost so. As a book of reference it is invaluable, and can be by no means uninteresting to the general reader...
...result of the game was, of course, a disappointment to us; but it was fairly earned by the King Philips, who both outbatted and outfielded our Nine. Their batting in the fourth and fifth innings was very heavy, and their fielding throughout the game was almost without an error...
...been told me that a classmate was exceedingly pleased with a story, which finally lost its point by the frequent repetitions he gave it. His friends wished to turn him from the error of his ways. Consequently, one day when at dinner and engaged in the recital of his favorite story, he was suddenly astonished by all beginning to sing, and his ears drank in the familiar melodies of "Auld Lang Syne," interspersed with occasional calls for a well-known dog named Tray. It is needless, perhaps, to add that he has not lately regaled his friends with that story...