Word: game
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday the cricket eleven played a practice game with the Mystic club at Medford, and won on the score of the first innings by 27 runs. For Harvard Sullivan and Frost carried off the batting honors, and Garrett, Brown and Sullivan the bowling. In view of the coming match with Haverford, the work of the team during the past week is very encouraging. Following is the score...
...conduct of the freshman nine at New Haven calls for the severest censure. To say that it was disgraceful is too mild a term. It was foolish and utterly unwarranted by the state of the case. After it had been decided that the game had to be played then or not at all, the Harvard men were bound honor to do their best. The weather was no worse for them than for the Yale men, who in spite of the rain seem to have made a creditable showing...
...brought not only upon Ninety-two, but upon all the rest of university as well. Harvard athletics have been in so precarious a state for the past few years that everything file this counts doubly against the whole system. Had the nine been beaten in a squarely played game nothing would have been said, but to be soundly thrashed without an attempt at resistance is a blot on Ninety-two's otherwise fair record which cannot soon be effaced...
...Saturday is hardly a subject for congratulation. Princeton outbatted and, except in one inning, outfielded Harvard. It was only by sheer good fortune that Harvard managed to score the needed four runs. There is no doubt that the timely cheering at the beginning of the seventh inning won the game...
...winning Saturday Harvard is still in the race for the championship. The nine have shown that they can play a good fielding game and if they can only learn to bat between now and Saturday there is no reason why they should not win. The efficacy of cheering as proved last Saturday, should be borne in mind, and all fair encouragement should be given to the nine. If the nine will do good work they may be assured of the heartiest support...