Word: foul
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tied them about three-quarters of the distance between the boat house and the finish, and the two crews rowed abreast until, through poor steering, they locked oars. No. IV. got disentangled first and crossed the line even with No. II., which had overtaken them on account of the foul. No. III. came in about an eighth of a length behind...
...cellars of Hollis as a mortar-trough. Wishing to ascertain for ourselves the facts of the case, we visited the cellar in question, and found it filled with sand, troughs, tools of all kinds, and, in the centre, an immense hogshead filled with foul looking water...
...fifth Yale went out in short order, Hall putting out the third man by a beautiful foul-tip catch. Harvard added another run to her score in this inning, making the score stand 3 to 1. Bean was put out at first, and Le Moyne went out on three strikes. Coolidge went to the bat, knocked a beautiful base hit, reached second and third on a passed ball by Hubbard, and got in on an error by Camp, who fumbled a grounder knocked by Olmsted. Olmsted stole second, but was retired in an attempt to steal third...
Yale was quickly retired in the eighth. Olmsted went to the bat for Harvard, and went out on a foul fly to catcher. Nichols made a base hit, and by a series of errors and wild throws by Jones and Smith, reached home, making the score 4 to 2 in favor of Harvard. Baker knocked a long fly, which was captured by Smith. Burt succeeded in reaching third base by several wild throws, but was left there by Crocker, who went out on a fly knocked into the centre fielder's hands...
...third, who fumbled it and threw wild to first. Chase, to keep up the record, threw over Dilts' head to Doran, who fumbled it until Coolidge had reached the home plate, scoring the first run of the game. Olmsted and Baker then made hits, Nichols retired on a foul bound and Crocker struck to third, forcing Olmsted and retiring Baker by a fine double play. Brown retired in one, two, three order...