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Driggs' punts were longer than those of his opponent and the team's tendency to fumble was greatly reduced, but these were the only advantages Princeton had over Dartmouth. Princeton played a more conservative game and won by taking advantage of a misplay of the visiting team in its hasty endeavor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIEW OF TIGER SEASON SHOWS UNBROKEN SERIES OF VICTORIES AND GOAL LINE YET TO BE CROSSED | 11/11/1916 | See Source »

Sensational fielding was not the rule for either nine, though Potter accepted nine chances with only one misplay and Wadsworth made several pretty stops. The visitors made two double plays and the home team one. HARVARD. a.b. r. b.h. p.o. a. e. Rogers, r.f. 3 1 2 0 0 0 Wigglesworth, r.f. 2 0 1 0 0 0 Carr, s.s. 2 2 0 2 3 4 Potter, 2b. 3 2 3 3 5 1 Kelly, l.f. 4 0 2 1 0 0 Bolton, l.f. 0 0 0 1 0 0 Clifford, c.f. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Babson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PILGRIMS BEATEN, 6 TO 5 | 5/25/1911 | See Source »

Captain Wingate played a fine game in the field, accepting eight chances without a misplay, while Boles and Reilly of Andover had some fine stops to their credit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1914 Outclassed by Andover, 9 to 1 | 5/22/1911 | See Source »

...discouraging, and yet encouraging, feature in both these critical instances of misplay is that in both cases the mistake was of a very elementary nature; discouraging, because fumbling and disobedience to the rules should be unknown in the work of a finished team; encouraging, because such faults are from their simplicity easy for the coaches to attack. The keen football heads that will direct the work of next year's team cannot fail to profit by this experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOPEFUL MISFORTUNE. | 11/21/1910 | See Source »

...game. In the eighth inning Harvard made two runs on a base on balls, an error, and a single. In the ninth Murphy, for Malden, reached first on an error, took second and third on two successive outs, and scored when Wooley was safe at first on a misplay. The next man was safe on an error and Letherman's three-bagger brought both men home. Long pitched a good game for Harvard, striking out nine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Nine Lost to Malden H. S. | 6/2/1910 | See Source »

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