Word: game
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...would warrant us in expecting. It is unfair to criticise Perry as if he were an experienced catcher, and he deserves every praise for his steady play and evident determination to take all chances. Annan, as short-stop, beside his general good play, made the prettiest hit of the game, a beautiful two-baser. Nevins, in the field, made a remarkable left-hand catch, and at the pitcher's position his throwing did great execution...
...entire party desire to return thanks to their friends at New Haven for the courtesies extended them after the game. Altogether the trip was a particularly pleasant...
Notwithstanding the intense heat, a good number of students and others witnessed this game, which, on account of the uneven play of our Nine, was very one-sided. Cutler, Kent, and White played finely. Mr. Tyler gave satisfaction as umpire...
Those students who witnessed this game were repaid for the trouble of their trip by the sight of one of the most interesting contests of the season. As the score shows, each side had made two runs at the end of the seventh inning, and at that time a glorious victory for Harvard seemed at least possible to her excited partisans. But the batting of the Mutuals in the last two innings was too much for our amateurs, and we were obliged to content ourselves with having fought a good fight. The playing of our out-fielders...
...return game between our Nine and Yale filled the benches on Jarvis better than any previous event of the year, and the throng of ladies, each bedecked with fluttering magenta, reminded us of old times. Play was called punctually, with Mr. Allison, of the Resolutes, as umpire. The game was long and dragging, and must have been devoid of interest to any but students. Yale played a straight-out muffin game in the field, and at the bat Hooper was complete master. Our Nine were almost entirely free from that nervousness which usually takes possession of them in Yale matches...