Word: foul
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Nunn is first man out for Harvard on a foul-bound. The game is drawing to an end, with Yale still two runs ahead. Cohen tries his chance, and hits a single; Holden imitates him; Coolidge goes out on three strikes; Tyng brings the first two home by a two-baser, and scores himself on Ernst's single. Ernst is cut off at second. The score now stands Harvard 5, Yale 4. Intense excitement...
...base on an error; Tyng and Ernst take a farewell of Lamb for one base-hit each and Wright comes to the bat. For the third time in this game he drives the ball for two bases, but is left on third as Winsor finishes the game by a foul bound, - Cohen having been run out at third. Result: four more runs; making the total, Harvard 9, Yale...
...purpose to comment upon these facts, - the remarkable betting, the remarkable foul, and the remarkable accident to Mr. Lee. But, in view of these facts, it seems to me that an inquiry, which I request you to put before your College, is pertinent. Is it altogether consistent with the dignity of Harvard University to expose her athletic men to such experiences as those at Mott Haven? In other words, Are not intercollegiate athletics as inconsistent with the spirit and policy of Harvard as intercollegiate regattas or intercollegiate declamation...
...first heat in 11 1/8 seconds, and Wendell the second in 10 4/5 seconds, Loney, Princeton, having a walk-over for the third heat. In the final heat, Lee was successful in 10 4/5 seconds, Randolph of Rutgers getting the second place, through Wendell's claim of foul entered against Stewart, College of the City of New York, and allowed by the referee. Wendell was particularly unfortunate in being absolutely pocketed in this race, Stewart dashing in ahead of him, and, together with Loney, completely shutting him out from all chances of first place; and as Wendell is too fine...
...yard dash was won by Cogswell of Dartmouth, Simmons of Harvard running a close second. Simmons's friends claimed a foul, which was not presented to the judges, as Cogswell, the winner, was not the man who interfered with him. Simmons was reported to have made the distance in 52 seconds, and it does appear strange that in the race his time was only 55 seconds, while that of the winner was 54 4/5 seconds...