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...nine plays fairly well together but the base running is poor. The battery is perhaps better than it was last year, but the general fielding work is not as good as that of last year's team, but there is good promise of improvement. Mercur is pitching well, and Larkin, Price and Wagenhurst are fielding well. The New Yorks seemed to terrify the infield. The outfield is very steady, however. King has been ill, but of late has been playing at second, his regular position. The team's training is noticeably lax, but the experiences of the season will doubtless...
...candidates for the nine will begin practice on Wednesday next under the supervision of Mr. Ferguson of the Philadelphias. Only two of last year's team remain, Brownlee, catcher, and Larkins, first base and captain; also three substitutes, Mercur, King and Hutchinson. The material is good, but nothing astonishing...
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...hits in this inning, and ran the score up to ten by four runs on hits by Foster, Beaman, Tilden and Nichols, aided by two costly errors. The eighth was opened by Willard's flying out, and Smith's retirement on strikes; Foster hit safely and reached third on Mercur's error, which allowed Edgerly to reach first. With two out and two on bases, Winslow came to the bat, and sent the ball to far left field for a clean home run. So long was the hit that Winslow was able to cross the plate before the fielder could...
Earned runs, Harvard, 4. Two-base hits, Edwards, Bickham. Three-base hit, Nichols. Home run, Winslow. First base on balls, by Mercur, 1. First base on errors, Princeton 2; Harvard, 8. Struck out, by Mercur, 6; by Winslow, 11. Passed balls, Taylor, 1; Choate, 1. Wild pitches, Mercur, 2; Winslow, 2, Left on bases, Princeton, 5; Harvard, 8. Umpire, Mr. A. L. Grant. Time...