Word: heading
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sixth inning Gregory lost his head and a base hit, four bases on balls and a wild pitch brought in three runs. The game was practically won in this inning, but in the next two innings Brown scored four times more, owing to well timed hits and a wild throw over first base on the part of Stevenson, and two errors by Garrison. The score...
...people constantly by allegories. They make the truth easier to comprehend. Some people find in a literal interpretation of the Bible much reason to scoff at Christianity. Who, they say, cares to look forward to a future existence spent in a white robe, with a golden crown on his head listening to music? or who is terrified at the prospect of having a spirit bound by iron chains and tortured with material fire? No one, surely, but we do look forward to having a pure and spotless heart, to being crowned by royalty of character, and we do fear...
Today closes the twenty-fifth year during which President Eliot has been at the head of the University. It is a period of service remarkable alike for its length and for its importance in the University's development. The Harvard of 1894 is widely different from the Harvard of 1869. Then there were about one hundred members of the teaching staff and a thousand students; now there are over three hundred on the teaching staff and over three thousand students. To this growth, no other man has contributed so much as President Eliot...
...batting was strong. Highlands and Gregory both pitched well but Gregory was poorly supported. The best play of the game was Winslow's stop of Fletcher's hot drive near second. In the fourth inning Highlands stole home on a wild throw by Stearns which went over Tyler's head. The score...
Wiggin had little control over the ball and for four innings Princeton batted hard, scoring seven hits with a total of fifteen. In the fifth inning Highlands took Wiggin's place and for two innings pitched well, but in the seventh he lost his head and Princeton began to pile up the runs. With the score tied, Ward came to the bat. He hit an easy grounder to Highlands who threw wild to Dickison, Ward reaching third on the throw. Five hits with a total of eight, two costly errors on the part of Corbett and Stevenson, and Princeton...