Word: hit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yale played the Philadelphia Athletics last Saturday and was badly beaten, by the score of 25 to 4. Stagg's pitching was hit very freely...
...recommend that it shall be so altered as to read that a batsman shall be out if, with any part of his person being in a straight line from wicket to wicket, he stop the ball which, in the opinion of the umpire would have hit the wicket." A long debate followed, at the end of which the motion was carried by a vote of eleven to three, three of the counties not voting...
...retiring leader of the Glee Club to repeat what a man remarked who has heard all the concerts for several years: "It was the best singing the Glee Club ever did." The Pierian played but twice, and received a warm response. The Banjo Club, as usual, made a decided hit. The two soloists, Mr. Loeb, '88, and Mr. Longworth, '91 were both encored. The managers are to be congratulated for the success of the affair, though the musical clubs get the credit of presenting the crew with something over $500, thus materially aiding their financial condition...
...waltz, which called forth an encore. The club is an addition to the "popularizing element" in these concerts. The "Little Tycoon Waltz" is a very pretty bit of music and won its hearty encore. The "Bill of Fare," a quartette by Messrs. Honore, Shippen, Howard and Willard, was the hit of the evening, and was very drolly sung...
...organization, yet one that deserves attention and appreciation. A guitar and mandolin club fills a want which a banjo club cannot satisfy, and we are glad to see that such a club has been formed. The guitar club at Princeton is very popular, and has made a great hit wherever it has played. As the club has been formed only since the first of this year, it is as yet only an experiment, but everything points to success, although just at present the club is hampered by the illness of one of its members. There are three guitars and three...