Word: fouling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...team, which amounted to nothing more than an unfair attempt to rattle their opponents. These men must learn that such tricks as coaching the players of the other side to make collisions, or standing by the third baseman and trying to rattle him when he is after a difficult foul, or calling to any one but a base runner, are in accordance neither with the rules of the game nor with the tastes of the college spectators. It is well to play ball to win but not to win at any cost; and it seems that the freshmen are likely...
...plate on Trafford's easy grounder to pitcher. Howland reached third on the same play, with Mason, whose grounder had been fumbled, on second, and Trafford on first. Woodcock gave a base on balls and forced Howland in. Alward was the third out on a foul to third base...
...winter of 1887-88, there was hardly an article of food at the Hall which did not cause complaint. The bread was half the time sour, and the water foul; the oatmeal and the vegetables were often so cooked as to be uneatable; the fish, poultry, chops, coffee, were positively bad. Very little order was kept during meals. The bill of fare was chosen by regular routine, so that you could predict every meal beforehand. And with all this, the price of board averaged $4.23 a week during the first two terms. This was the condition into which inefficient management...
...weight sparring was between J. L. Dodge '91 and J. L. Putnam '92. Putnam looked considerably heavier than Dodge but was not as scientific. The first two rounds were decidedly in Dodge's favor, but in the third round Dr. Appleton stopped the bout and disqualified Dodge on a foul after having cautioned him a number of times...
...elected: President, W. H. Cleminshaw; vice-president, Edwin Duffy; second vice-president, C. J. Du Bois; secretary and treasurer, G. B. Storrs. The three captains form the judiciary committee. Brown's application was withdrawn. The Spaulding ball was adopted, also last year's rules, except in regard to the foul tip, judgement on this being left to the umpire. The following schedule of games was adopted...