Word: leade
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most exciting race was the 880 yards run. Bush set the pace for the first lap but Grant slowly gained on him and took the lead at the 220 mark. Draper finished second by making an exceptionally plucky spurt in the stretch...
...nine on Saturday. It is easy to blame the defeat to individual weakness in a single inning, but coming as this did early in the game, it should have proved an incentive to snappy and careful play. The Tufts nine was by no means a strong one, and its lead of four runs in the first inning no insurmountable difficulty...
Tufts secured a lead of three runs in the first inning when Fitz hit two men, besides giving two bases on balls and allowing two hits. During the rest of the game, however, he steadied down very perceptibly, and pitched fast aggressive ball...
...work good, the slides being well controlled and all the men getting a sharp hard catch. Coming down river the Freshmen fell in with the '99 crew which had just come out and an impromptu race of about half a mile ensued. The Junior crew starting with a slight lead increased it gradually throughout, but in a second stretch which both crews rowed up stream was unable to gain much advantage. The 1900 and '98 crews went out later and rowed separately...
Taken all in all, the game from a Harvard standpoint was decidedly dispiriting. Not only did Andover lead for four innings by a single run made in the first inning, but up to the very last no chance was presented for the 'Varsity's winning by any appreciable score. As it was, Foster's home run barely saved Harvard from what might have been a veritable defeat...