Word: inning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday afternoon on Holmes field the university nine met the Hartford's, a professional team belonging to the Atlantic League. It has the reputation of being a strong nine, and although beaten Harvard showed up well against them except in the first part of the eighth inning when the game was practically given away, Hawley pitched for Harvard. He did not do badly but received poor backing up. Hartford got only thirteen hits off his delivery, while Harvard got fifteen with a total of nineteen off the Hartvord pitcher. He was a little wild and gave six men first...
...score now stood, Harvard, six; Princeton, two. The fifth was Princeton's brilliant inning. Harvard's men went out in order owing to good work of the Princeton infield. Willard was put out, however, by Durell who caught a long and difficult fly remarkably well. Princeton started the fifth with hits by Watts and Durell. Payne was out-Mumford to Willard. Dana knocked a long fly away over the head of Linn, who made a beautiful catch after a long run backwards; but Watts scored. Howland's failure to throw out Knickerbocker immediately afterwards, allowed Durell to score Princeton...
Evans caught Durell's long fly in the first of the seventh. Downer now gave the two succeeding men base on balls, but Henshaw stopped Payne at second and a short fly of Dana's to Willard again put Princeton out without a score. This was the inning which Princeton men had hoped would be decisive. Harvard did nothing again, but made no strike outs...
...eighth was another very exciting inning. On Dean's wild throw, King got first; Ames made a two base hit, and with an error by Evans, who failed to catch a fly, two men got home and tied the score...
...team play and the batting were excellent. The only weak point in the play was the base running and it is earnestly hoped that the nine will never give another such exhibition in this respect. Last Saturday's game would have been won at the end of the ninth inning if it had not been for poor base running in the first inning. Aside from this the playing of the nine was as we have said before, altogether admirable, and deserving of the highest praise...