Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...field the team played well, but at bat they left much to be desired. There seems to be no good reason why they should have fallen back into the pernicious habit of knocking balls into the air. Twenty-eight times the ball was hit, and seventeen times it went into the air. This is altogether bad and needs permanent rectifying...
When Harvard went to the bat in the seventh, the score was 20. With one out, Highlands made first on an error, advanced to second on Hallowell's base on balls, to third on Mason's sacrifice and home on Upton's hit. In the eighth, thanks to Hapgood, the game was won. Cook and Sullivan were on third and second, and there were two men out. It was a trying place for Hapgood, and yet there could not have been a prettier hit than the one he planted between centre and right field...
...ninth, after two were out, Louder made a three-bagger and came in on Mason's error in handling the ball. Mason however promptly hit, stole, and came in on Upton's hit. A notion of the effort Harvard made in these last three innings may be gained from the fact that in them, five of the eight hits were made...
Earned runs, Harvard, 2; Yale L. S., 2. Two base bits, O'Neil, Norton. Three base hit, Louder. Sacrifice hits, Mason, Reddington, Bowers, Trafford 2. Stolen bases, Mason 4, Hallowell, Curtis, Upton. First base on balls, Mason 2, Cook, Murphy, Hallowell, Cook. First base on errors, Harvard, 2; Yale L. S., 1. Struck out, Parsons 2, Curtis 2; Upton, Louder, Hapgood. Double plays, Highlands, Trafford and Upton. Passed ball, Beidelman. Time, 1 hour, 30 minutes. Umpire, Mr. Murray...
...Beidelman hit by batted ball...