Word: feinted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very difficult, and one put-out, a hard catch to make. Whiting made one play, however, that showed excellent judgement, and is worthy of the highest praise. With men on second and third, and no one out, a slow ground hit was knocked to him, and by a quick feint he kept the men to their bases, and then, by a remarkably fast and accurate throw, assisted the batsman out at first. Whittemore's play at third base was very good. His only error was a muff of a difficult foul, and two of his assists were of the phenomenal...
...present rule says that the ball may be punted out after a touch-down from behind the opponent's goal, a player may feint at catching it and really punt it back towards the goal line, and it may be stopped by the opposing side so near to their line that another touch down is absolutely certain...
...opponent punts from behind the line a fair catch can be made and a goal dropped, so that the side making the touchdown is almost certain to score again if this rule is taken advantage of by a feint catch...
...Hovey especially distinguished himself. He and Bates, aided by Dickinson, made a very quick double play, which elicited much applause. At another time he fielded a man out at first while there was a runner on third, keeping the latter close to his base by a very pretty feint. He shared the honors in batting with Frothingham and Dean. Dean made four hits out of six times at the bat two of them three beggers. Trafford has a bad finger and Dickinson took his place at first. The Woonsocket team was much the same as John Morrill's. which played...