Word: margin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were very confident, and willing to offer odds on their nine. It had beaten the Princeton nine, which called itself "the Nassau Club," 30 to 23, and the Lowells, Harvard's old antagonists. Harvard had a try at these same "Nassaus," and came off first best by the narrow margin of one run (17 to 16). "The visitors seemed younger and lighter than the Harvard nine, . . but were decidedly active and spry," says the Advocate. Harvard's play was good and steady throughout in a "tremendously exciting game," won by a lucky hit in the last inning. Of the Harvard...
...final game of the class series was played on Jarvis yesterday at 2.15 p.m. '88 won by a narrow margin, thus obtaining the class championship for 1886. The whole game was played rather loosely, and costly errors were made on both sides. At the end of the first half of the fourth inning, '87 led by a score of 7 to 1, but then '88 braced up, and by getting first base on balls, and by several passed balls, succeeded in getting four runs more. The eighth inning was also disastrous for '87, when '88 made four runs through errors...
YALE, '89, 4; HARVARD, '89, 11.Some 800 spectators occupied the benches on Holmes, yesterday afternoon, when the Yale freshmen were defeated by the comfortable margin of 11 to 4. Additional interest was given to the game by the fact that it was the first time within the memory of undergraduates that the opening game of the series had been played in Cambridge. The Yale nine was accompanied by 50 or more supporters, who cheered their team right loyally...
...senior nine scored another victory yesterday, defeating the freshmen by the narrow margin of 8 to 7. Some 200 spectators, including a few ladies, witnessed the game. The game was sharply played by both nines. errors being pretty equally divided. Many of the passed balls may be accounted for by the fact that the lateness of the hour cast the sun directly into the eyes of the catchers. The score follows...
...dissertations must be clearly written upon letter paper of quarto size, the sheets securely stitched together, and a sufficient margin left on all sides to enable the manuscript to be properly bound...