Word: hand
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...played their second championship game of the season and defeated Princeton by a score of 3 to 1 at Princeton. The game was scheduled to be played on Saturday, but owing to a heavy rain it was postponed, and the nine remained in Princeton over Sunday. Henshaw cut his hand Monday morning and will not be able to play for at least two weeks. Campbell caught and Holden played third...
...that painters and novelists have always professed to do, and it is something which they have nearly always failed in accomplishing. The individual traits and feelings of the artist have necessarily shown out strongly in his work, and in spite of his endeavors to throw off his prejudices, his hand can always be recognized, and the final result is never satisfactory. A writer who is thoroughly unprejudiced is yet to be found, but photography has given us a means by which a typical portrait of a number of individuals can readily be arrived at. A negative of each person...
...defeat which the team suffered on Wednesday shows that it is much the weakest of the class nines. This weakness is due to the fact that the regular pitcher is considered too good for a class nine, and is unable to play in that position. On the other hand he is considered not good enough for the 'Varsity, and so he is unable to play at all. The distinction which has been made in this case seems to be one that cannot be maintained without arousing much complaint and questioning. The men who are substitutes on the 'Varsity nine ought...
...Detroits in their practice learned a fact about batting under the new rules. They say that if a player holds his bat in the usual position to strike at a low ball he cannot raise it in time to hit a high ball; but, on the other hand, if he holds the bat in position to hit a high ball it is easy enough to come down to a low one. - Sporting Life...
...each year among all members. That is, a member will get the gain from the Society's operations not so much in the shape of a reduction of price on each purchase, as in the lump sum returned to him at the end of the year. On the other hand, any person connected with the University is permitted to buy at the Society's store, even though not a member. Such persons will get the advantage of somewhat lower prices than ordinary retail prices, will have convenience of the store in Dane Hall, and the certainty of not being cheated...