Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...team work of Brown was miserable, not only in the field, but at the bat. With three men on bases and the strongest hitter of the team at the bat, Cook, on second, conceived the brilliant idea of stealing third, and was allowed to make the attempt by the coachers. This was simply a fair sample of Brown's acceptance of opportunities...
...been definitely decided by the faculty committee of the U. of P. that Reese will not be allowed to play baseball this year. This will be a considerable loss to the team as Reese is a good fielder and a strong, reliable hitter...
...Beale, '93 S. (age 21), centrefield, is a heavy hitter. Last year he was substitute infielder...
...game was called soon after 3, with Princeton first at the bat, King, their strongest hitter, stood up expecting to knock the ball out of the grounds. Highlands smilingly helped him to a strike-out. Young also met the same fate. Mackenzie was hit on the foot and took his base, only to be caught between bases by Highlands and Hovey. Harvard then came in. Cook started off with the prettiest kind of a single, which lightly danced along the third base line to left field. Mason put another to left field, advancing Cook a base. Hallowell then repeated...
Stevens played well for Harvard, making six put-outs with no errors. Cassatt at short stop appeared in much better from than in his previous games, while McAdams kept up his reputation as a good hitter by making three good singles. The batting of the team as a whole, was however, very unsatisfactory, and the base running showed lamentable weakness. Walker was unsteady in his catching, and showed no improvement in batting...