Word: hit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...GAME.Harvard went first to the bat, and opened the game with a base hit by Beaman. Tilden got his base on a missed third strike, advancing Beaman to second. Both scored on passed balls. Nichols and Willard were retired on strikes, and Allen closed the inning by hitting to Cooper, and being fielded out at first. Shaw, the first Princeton man at bat, struck out, but Van Ausdale scored by getting his base on balls, stealing second and reaching third and home on passed balls. Edwards went out, Nichols to Willard, and Toler retired on a long fly to Foster...
...second inning ended rather unprofitably for Harvard, as Smith and Wiestling struck out, while Foster, who had got first on a fumble of his hit to Blossom, was left on base by Winslow's flying out to Edwards. Blossom made matters look hopeful for the home team by making a clean drive for three bases, and scoring on the hit by Cooper, the next man at the bat. With the aid of Bickham's put-out, and the single by Reynolds, Cooper was enabled to score, and Reynolds, also crossed the plate by means of two successful steals...
Harvard employed the fourth inning in adding one run to its score, made by Willard, who got his base on balls, went to second on a passed ball, third on Blossom's error, and home on a second passed ball. Allen went to first on the fumble of his hit by Blossom, stole second, but became the victim of a double-play when Smith hit to Toler, who touched first, and fielded to third. Wiestling failed to find the ball. In Princeton's half of the inning, nothing of note occurred except the prompt retirement of the first three...
Both nines drew blanks in the fifth inning. Foster went out, Blossom to Toler; Winslow hit to Edwards, who fielded promptly to first; Tilden fouled out to Shaw, leaving Beaman on third, where he had arrived by the aid of his hit and a passed ball. Though Princeton got two men on bases, both were kept from scoring...
...exhibition game at Princeton yesterday was slow and uninteresting. Winslow pitched, and Jones caught until the seventh inning, when Allen went behind the bat. Allen did the heaviest batting; Nichols and Willard also hit hard...