Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...freshman team played a very fair game with the exception of the first inning, when the battery's errors cost five runs. The base running was poor. Clark played a beautiful game in the outfield and Dickinson covered first well. No other player deserves especial mention save the catcher. Corbett gave about as poor an exhibition of ball playing as was possible and seemed totally incompetent to fill his position. His work at the bat was equally disappointing...
...Ninety-one team played a fair game with the exception of one inning. Andover played poorly...
Yesterday's defeat was then largely the fault of the nine; perhaps it was even more the fault of the umpire. At a critical moment he called a pretty, perfectly fair hit of Howe's a foul. He allowed Murphy to score when it was perfectly evident to almost every one else on the grounds that he was out at the plate. His judgment of balls and strikes was also bad. The field, moreover, was as bad as the umpire. The attendance was small...
...great improvement over some of their recent attempts to play ball. Minton pitched for them and struck out eight men, allowing but four hits. The team batted well and got nine hits off the opposing pitcher, while their fielding was sharp and clean and their base running very fair. The make-up of the teams was as follows...
...Fair Harvard...