Word: letting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...safely, and Russell followed with another bunt. Tweed was put out at third, but Giles was hit by a pitched ball, and went to first, filling the bases. Mahar was then given his base on balls, forcing Dexter home, and on Evans' single, Giles and Russell scored. Mahar was let in on a passed ball...
...reply to your request for an expression of opinion on the subject of applause at games, let me say that my answer to the question whether to cheer or not to cheer would be in the affirmative. The difficulty in the matter seems to me to be not so much with reference to the existence of applause, as to the kind of applause and its application. The elaborate system of cheering which is now carried to its logical conclusion by the complete division of the rival camps of spectators into consecutive or continuous vocal bands, is only one illustration...
...conclusion, then, nor even repression; but only a sensible control and direction of it. A control which may make it the vehicle of a cordial expression of generous appreciation of every neat performance, whether by the friends we love or by the foes we ought to cherish. Let all allowances be made for excusable and inoffensive partisanship,--barring the unmelodious horn of cracked tin,--but in our partisan enthusiasm let us not overstep the boundaries of courtesy. Even among the ancient Hebrews, whose code demanded eye for eye and tooth for tooth, the stranger who was in their camp, within...
...sometimes how they could help but disconcert our own team, for no welcome falls flatter than a fainthearted cheer, and applause and encouragement do not amount to much when only twenty or thirty respond out of several hundred. If we are to have cheering (at all) at our games let it be given a fair test by having certain sections of seats reserved for undergraduates, and undergraduates, only...
...scoring began in the fifth inning, when Matthews reached first on a ground ball over second. Fischel's bunt, combined with an error on the part of McGettigan, let Matthews score, and enabled Fischel to reach second...