Word: fouled
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...third Princeton had been retired in one, two three order. Harvard had Cook on third with two men out. Scannell hit a ball which struck inside the diamond and bounded squarely over third base. Cook came in. The Harvard men were just beginning to cheer when umpire Hartley shouted "foul" and sent Cook back. Then Trenchard broke his finger and time was called. Before play was resumed the rain came down in torrents and the players all got under cover. After waiting the required 30 minutes the umpire called the game off. Wiggin told the Harvard men to leave...
...second, threw to first. Dickinson had to step off the bag to reach the ball and as he returned the ball to Cook, Otto was safe. Otto went down on the first ball and having reached second, started back to first as though he thought there had been a foul. Highlands and Dickinson caught him out and Dickinson also threw out Mackenzie who was trying to come in on the play. It was a clever attempt at a sacrifice and came near being successful. Brooks was out. Winslow to Dickinson. For Harvard, Winslow fouled out, O'Malley knocked...
...Penalties for foul plays are not sufficient. (a) Players often deliberately commit a foul and risk the penalty...
...physical evils can be remedied (by), (a) increasing penalties for foul play; (b) having two or more umpires; (c) directly prohibiting "momentum" plays; (d) indirectly rendering other mass plays less effective; (c) calling ball "down" when runner is first downed...
...total of fourteen. Hovey, Cook and Mason did exceptionally fine work at the bat. The fault which the men had of knocking balls into the air is growing less marked, but it is not altogether cured. Of the twenty-four putouts, five were on strike-outs, three on foul balls, two on pop-flies to the infield, for on high hits to outfield and ten on ground balls. Of the hits, ten also were on the ground. That is to say of the thirty one times that the ball was fairly met, It was put on the ground twenty times...