Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...wins by defeating the Naval Reserves from Commonwealth Pier yesterday by the decisive score of 7 to 2. Three runs in the third inning gave the informals a lead, which the sailors could not overcome. The features of the game were the ability of the University team to hit when hits meant runs, and the small total of three hits, which the Reserves could get from the tight pitching of H. M. Erb, '20. For six innings not a sailor made a safe hit, and at no time were they allowed more than one an inning...
...runs in the fourth inning assured the University team the game, although two runs had come in before that time. A two-base hit by A. L. Peirson '20, which scored a runner from first base was the real beginning of the scoring in the fourth, and a home-run by L. P. Jones '19, was the most important feature. The other three scores for the informals were due almost entirely to solid hitting by Jones and Captain McLeod...
...Hits by Gourdin and H. R. Caley '17 in the fifth gave the defeated nine its only run. In the same inning, F. K. Bullard '20 was hit by a pitched ball, went to second on a fielder's choice and scored on an outfield error. L. B. Evans '20 and H. D. Ward '20 reached first and second respectively, but were left there...
...first half of the sixth inning saw a very clever double play by E. A. McCouch '20. W. B. Felton '19 had reached first for the Naval Reservists, when Clements hit to right field. McCouch caught the ball on the fly and by a quick throw caught Felton off first...
This year, with restraint which is unparalleled, we have refrained. The reason may not be ascribed to the German War, the income tax, or the high cost of paper. It was simply that we hit upon the conclusion that our Cassandran prophecy of imminent catastrophe fell upon deaf and Trojan ears...