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Word: handed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...with the Bostons on the above date. Tyler being laid up with a strained back, Cutler, '75, was substituted for him in left field. Barker, '73, played third base, and White caught. The playing during the latter half of the game was very pretty. Annan made a fine left-hand catch, and Kent a difficult fly while running with the ball. Estabrooks led at the bat, and Cutler gave good promise of being a valuable acquisition to the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

Night is at hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUSK. | 6/2/1873 | See Source »

...opinions, the foolishness of which I shall show you immediately." Turning to an attendant, he said, "Bring up Professor Reid." The attendant brought in a thin, white-haired old man, evidently the wreck of a once noted pugilist who had died out of the fighting world. He was bound hand and foot, so that it was impossible for him to defend himself. Not a muscle moved; he preserved a stolid indifference as our lecturer squared off in front of him, and (in the language of the "Clipper" reporter, who sat next me) "let out his bunch of fives, caught...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A METAPHYSICAL MILL. | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

...sound the sheathing in my room to ascertain the possibility of one being secreted behind it; how expectantly did I wait for the unceremonious entrance of one through my window. Many students have grown to consider them as their Penates, and look with disgust upon the destroying hands of the Goths and Vandals, namely, the College Carpenter, and a dealer in second-hand goods, who never leaves anything in a room the furniture of which he has purchased, but the paper on the wall. A short time ago almost every room possessed a transmittendum of some form. Of those made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRANSMITTENDA. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

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