Word: foul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gentle reader, is to grasp the elementary principles of the game of cricket. Cricket differs from baseball in several fundamental respects. In the first place, the batsman can hit to all sides of him, instead of only forward as in baseball. There is no such thing as a foul ball in cricket; play can take place in all 360 degrees around the batsman. This naturally makes for more fluid play: the batsman uses a far greater variety of strokes than in baseball because he can hit in any direction, and the fielders have to cover more ground. This...
...Neill gave up a hit an inning in each of the first, second, fifth, and sixth. Ed Foynes opened the game with a double when Holy Cross left fielder Dick Hogan tried for a diving backhand of his drive down the foul line and couldn't hold the ball. But the next three men were retired in order...
...very glad he did not go to Yale; the freshman hazing there was too rough for him. He thought the Ellis were "a much more scrubby set than ours." He also mentioned that they played "very foul" football to best a Crimson eleven...
...serves up slightly better food than the central kitchen, though considering the fact that it has to supply less students than any other dining hall in the University, the Dunster kitchen is a disappointment. Its fare is not nearly so good as Adams', and its supply lines tend to foul more frequently than those of the dining halls which depend on food being run from the central kitchen. The staff is particularly merciless about the 9 a.m. deadline for breakfast...
Smith scored quick baskets on a hook shot and a driving lay-up. Two foul shots by Ambie Redmond and one by Gerry Murphy widened the Crimson's lead. Princeton's Kurrus fouled out and Cooper was hampered by four personal fouls...