Word: hit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Earned runs- Harvards 2. Two-base hits-Nichols, Madden. Three-base hit-Allen. First base on balls-Harvard 6. Struck out-Harvards 2, S. B. A. C. 7. Passed balls-Scanlan 7. Wild pitches-McNamara 3 Umpire Mr. Quinn...
...love for political excitement sometimes led him into strange situations. On one occasion, when the streets of Cambridge were filled with crowds of votes, excited over a closely contested election, he was hit full in the face by a dead cat. The aggressor came forward and very civilly asked pardon, offering the explanation that the compliment had been intended for a Mr. Adeane. Macaulay good-naturedly accepted the apology, saying, "I only wish you had meant it for me, and hit Mr. Adeane...
...manfully with the rest, and when they eased off to turn back they were surprised to observe that the stranger did not appear to be quite so much blown as they expected. "Now, then, young feller," said the stroke with a grin, "try to keep up with the procession. Hit her up boys, hard all!" But somehow the stranger scratched along with the rest, and though the pace was something like forty-six when they passed Butchertown, the victim sawed serenely away and the bowman even imageined that he splashed less than any man in the boat. When they finally...
Second round. This round opened quietly with much caution on Varick's part, who kept out of the way of Bradley's hard face blows. Soon, however, Varick dealt Bradley a terrific body blow but received a hard hit on the neck in return. Notwithstanding his bad condition he managed to deal Bradley an unusually hard kidney blow, but by his careless guard lost all he had gained. A little close fighting followed and the round ended quietly, much in Bradley's favor...
...gaining any decided advantage. Woodbury seemed somewhat tired from his former bout, but did most of the leading and kept Colony on the defence most of the time. The latter, however, proved himself the better in close fighting. The second round was hotly contested, Woodbury tried several times to hit Colony a round-arm blow, but almost every time just missed him, while the latter got in some good blows. This round was decidedly in favor of Colony. In the final round there was some very pretty fighting. Woodbury seemed, for a few moments, to have recovered himself...