Word: hit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Most of the time was again spent in playing a kicking game and in trying to perfect some method of preventing the blocking of punts. No satisfactory method has as yet been hit upon. C. Brewer's punts were blocked very often, chiefly on account of his slowness. Hamlen was more successful in punting because he was quicker than Brewer. The playing was longer and far more aggressive than heretofore...
Miss Davis scored the biggest kind of a hit. Her make-up was a study and her acting was a treat. She made the most of every opportunity, and was more in her element than in any role she has yet assumed. Her scenes with the Mikado and Ko-Ko were received with roars of laughter, while her singing was greatly applauded...
...Miss Clara Lane was a great success as Arline. Musically and dramatically she made an instantaneous hit. Further acquaintance only adds to the impression that this lady makes upon her auditors. Added to an excellent stage presence she possesses a most intelligent conception of her roles and a magnetism that keeps her constantly in touch with those before her. She never for once relaxes her hold upon her character. Naturally her song in the second act, 'I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls,' carried the house completely, and in the concerted music her voice was heard to most enjoyable advantage...
...Miss Clara Lane was a great success as Arline. Musically and dramatically she made an instantaneous hit. Further acquaintance only adds to the impression that this lady makes upon her auditors. Added to an excellent stage presence she possesses a most intelligent conception of her roles and a magnetism that keeps her constantly in touch with those before her. She never for once relaxes her hold upon her character. Naturally her song in the second act, 'I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls,' carried the house completely, and in the concerted music her voice was heard to most enjoyable advantage...
Three-base hits-Speer, Highlands. Two-base hit-Carter. Stolen bases-Rustin, Keator. First base on balls-Winslow, Stephenson. Hit by pitched ball-Greenway. Wild pitch-Highlands. Struck out-Highlands, Stevenson, Paine, Whitte-more, Rand, Wrenn, Scannell, Keator, Greenway, Redington. Umpire, O'Rourke. Time...