Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...University Nine met the Live Oaks last Wednesday on the Boston grounds for the fourth time this season, and were defeated by them for the third time. The game was one of considerable interest, for both Nines did well at the bat and in the field. The Live Oaks made fourteen base-hits from Ernst's pitching, while our men struck out five times. Leeds, as usual, distinguished himself in batting...
...private admonition for first offence; a public admonition for second offence; for the third a public confession of the offence at some public meeting of the students; for the fourth, "he shall be noted down for a prophane person and have his commons sittings in the Hall uncovered." After a month's trial, if he does not reform, he shall be expelled...
...aided by three errors of their opponents, Harvard scored four runs, two of which were earned. The Live Oaks then made their unearned runs on errors of Sawyer, Wright, and Tyng. In the next three innings the Live Oaks were retired in one, two, three order, while in the fourth we added one run to our score by a base hit of Tower's. The fifth inning was disastrous to us, for after whitewashing our nine the Live Oaks scored five unearned runs on errors of Leeds, Thatcher, and Tyng. The next two innings added nothing to our score...
...fortunately for variety's sake, beggars' footsteps are not the only ones that can be listened to. Various "dwellers in the realms above," i. e. the third and fourth stories, have their distinguishing characteristics. One saunters slowly along the entry, and then, as if to make up for wasted moments, takes the next flight four steps at a time. Another delights in rapping the whole length of the wall, as if trying to find a sound spot, or possibly to suggest prospects of a visitor to the occupants of the entry. A third drags his stick along the floor...
What the crew of this year needs particularly is endurance. If they are to hope for success, they must be as ready for a spurt on the last quarter of the fourth mile as on the first quarter of the first mile. It may be of some advantage to review the manner in which our crews for the last three years have rowed their races, especially the last part of them...