Word: evens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sided to be interesting, but from the point of view of a Harvard supporter it was most encouraging, owing to the way in which our men hit the ball and ran bases. Nineteen hits with a total of twenty-nine bases in six innings is pretty good batting, even off as poor a pitcher as Smith, and yesterday the hits came in at just the right time, and eleven out of the fourteen runs were earned. In the third inning three hits with a total of six, and two steals brought in three earned runs, while in the fourth, eight...
...crew is still greatly in need of financial support. The class has been backward all along. Even after the class races, which would naturally have led one to expect support, if ever at all, the condition has not been bettered. The management needs $1000 to defray the expenses at New London, $700 of which has yet to be raised before the crew can go. At present they hope to leave for New London about June 10, that is, if the expected money is forthcoming; otherwise they will have to wait perhaps another week and this would allow only a very...
...whole it seems to us rather a mistake to charge admission to a class game, even to the last of the series. We understand perfectly that the class nines incur expenses which have to be defrayed somehow; and that the easiest way to get subscriptions is by charging gate money. Nevertheless, anyone who saw the very small crowd at the final game yesterday, a crowd consisting largely of fellows who had friends with them, must have felt that even if the expenses were saved something else was lost. The enthusiasm was (for a class game) reduced to a minimum. When...
...Lopez an exchange of pieces has taken place and the game is about even...
...quarter-mile run was a disappointment to Harvard, the half-mile run had an even greater hope-shattering effect upon Yale men. For W. B. Wright of Yale, who was looked upon as a sure winner by Harvard as well as Yale, finished only second. Wright set a lively pace at the very start and led up to the last stretch when Corbin of Harvard, who had been running a splendidly-judged race, made the prettiest spurt of the afternoon, and crossed the line first amid the enthusiastic cheering of the Harvard delegation. For it was Harvard's winning...