Word: feating
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Entering Harvard in 1887, be at once brought the college team well in the front rank and himself made a brilliant record. He went in first in the Harvard-Longwood match, and carried his bat all through the inning for 61; duplicated this feat the following week against the Mystics for 39 runs; at the end of the spring term, had the magnificent average of 59.50, and his average for the year was: 6 inning, twice not out 149 runs, average 37.25. His bowling average the same year reads: 336 balls, 15 maidens, 23 wickets, 90 runs-average...
...incidentally the adventures of the people of the Mayflower on that stormy Friday night when they first landed on American soil, He then described the scenes attending the removal of a fragment of the original rock on the shore to its present position and told the story of the feat of General Winslow and his horse Beausejour in swimming the channel at the entrance to the harbor. General Winslow had made a wager with three of his companions that he would give them an hour's start on their horses, and that, notwithstanding, he would reach the Gurnett, a point...
Harvard followed on, but were unable to make any stand against the fine bowling of Goodwin and Brown. Goodwin performed the wonderful feat of getting five wickets for one run. Brown also made a good catch at short slip...
...game was a highly creditable one to our eleven, in spite of the poor showing we made the last time we made the last time we went to the bat. To lead the University of Pennsylvania even for one innings at cricket is a feat of which we may well be proud. The wicket played well and the attendance gratifying. The score...
...Wendell, the well-known Harvard athlete has decided views on the question. Mr. Wendell was captain of the victorious Harvard team which won the Mott Haven cup in '80, '81 and '82. In '80 he won the intercollegiate championships at 100 yards, 220 yards and one-quarter mile, a feat never before or since accomplished by one man in one day. Mr. Wendell is still actively interested in Harvard athletic matters, and his opinion reflects to a large extent the graduate sentiment concerning the proposed change. He said...