Word: marginal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...previously pitched almost air-tight ball, weakened at the critical moment, passing one man and hitting another. An error by Sears was just enough to turn the tide in Andover's favor, and the Academy succeeded in putting three men across the plate, and in maintaining the one-run margin until the end of the game...
...exciting race the 1919 four lost to Pomfret School at Pomfret by the narrow margin of a quarter length. The Freshman got the jump at the start and maintained their lead until the last 200 yards. When the schoolboys set a pace which the University yearlings could not keep up with. At the finish the Pomfret boat swept across the line in record time for that courses, 2 minutes 51 seconds...
...established four years ago, they have had the phenomenal record on the Charles of thirteen victories out of a possible thirteen. The closest contest of the afternoon was that between A. Lippitt '19 and C. D. Murray '19 in the Novice singles, which the latter won by the small margin of one foot. N. P. Darling '17 won the Carroll Cup, easily defeating all his opponents. In the wherry race E. Holt '18 was in the lead, but got cramps about 100 yards before the finish, just managing to creep over second, four lengths behind N. L. Harris...
...baseball team will play Groton School, at Groton, this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The record of the results of last year's game between 1918 and Groton shows a victory for the former by a one-run margin the final score being 6 to 5. In this afternoon's game, the Freshmen will line up as follows: McLeod, 2b.; Casey, c.f.; Henderson; r.f.; Fuller, c.; Gross, l.f.; Sears, 1b.; Kerr, s.s.; Burrill, 3b.; Felton, Leighton...
...University gymnastic team will meet Brown in Providence this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The meet promises to be exceedingly close, as last year's contest resulted in a victory for the University by a small margin. Furthermore, considering the tied result with Amherst and the fact that the latter have defeated Brown this year, Captain Campbell's team faces perhaps the most difficult problem of the season...