Word: falling
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...their preferences, and each party evincing much enthusiasm at the brilliant plays of their respective favorites; neither side scored in this inning, although O'Rourke led off with a base hit, his temerity in attempting to steal second rendered him an easy victim to Tyng and Sawyer. A heavy fall of rain rendered the continuance of the game an impossibility, and put a termination to one of the most exciting games ever witnessed and by far the best ever played by either of the contesting nines. The heavy batting, and at the same time the effective pitching...
...Brown University Freshmen played with the new Fall River Amateur Nine on Fast Day. The score was 8 to 3, in favor of the Freshmen...
...return game with the New Bedfords was played in Fall River on Tuesday, April 16, and resulted in Harvard's first defeat. Our Nine played a nearly perfect fielding game, but were unable to master Bradley's new delivery, his previous defeat teaching him that his old delivery was not the right kind to oppose to Harvard's batsmen. The game was well contested through eight innings; in the ninth two earned runs were made by the New Bedfords. The injury which Ernst received in the Live Oak game rendered him very lame, and had a natural effect...
...resources of polite conversation. The little Britannicus is said to have been sitting at one of those tables when he took the poison. His fate was, to be sure, a severe and an undeserved one; but it was hardly more cruel than the doom I desired would fall on the imp who haunted me last evening...
Then came the second bout of the light-weight wrestling, in which no fall was gained by either party...