Word: hit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Saturday's victory was chiefly due to the air-tight pitching of Mahan, coupled with the errorless support and opportune hitting of his team-mates. The University twirler was decidedly stingy with his hits, allowing but six well-scattered ones and whiffing nine of the opposing batsmen. In addition he headed off a dangerous rally of the opposing team by a spectacular barehanded stop of Hoyt's sizzling grounder just in time to stop Lee at the plate. Hoyt's contribution, as it was with only one man down, would undoubtedly have gone for a clean bingle had not Mahan...
...defence of the Tigers was also good with the exception of Shea's muff of Tibbott's throw which cost a run in the fourth, and Lee's failure to judge Coolidge's hit later in the game. Lee carried off the batting honors of his team, getting a pretty single and a smashing three-base hit past left field...
...University, Whitney, who pitched a no-hit, no-run game a year ago, is the logical choice. However, his hand, injured in practice last week, is still sore and may prevent his taking his turn in the box. In that case Garritt will probably be sent in to pitch...
...second baseball team was defeated by the Yale seconds 3 to 1, on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. Watrous pitched well for Yale, allowing only seven scattered hits, and striking out 11 batsmen. He practically won the game in the fifth inning by slamming a home-run to left field. In the same inning Patten had scored on a long fly to left field which was muffed. Yale's third run came in the ninth, when Patten scored on a hit, an error, and a single by Bierwirth...
...University secured its lone tally in the ninth, when Stuart tripled, and came home on a wild throw to third. Captain West and Watrous each made a triple and a single. Murray also played well, accepting seven chances without an error in right field, making a hit, and stealing three bases...