Word: misplay
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...fielding department the Crimson ball tossers have accumulated an average of .915 which proves them even weaker on the defense than on the attack. Two of the outer gardeners, Jones and Ellison have handled all their chances without a misplay. Burns did not handle a single ball in the two games which he participated in before his injury and his average. In the left field berth Captain Todd is credited with one eror which came in the first game when the University leader dropped a fly back of third base after a hard...
...moves. Marshall of the U.S. held his own. But there was one man who played as if an immobile, enormous shape, looming unseen behind him, directed with Gargantuan fingers the movement of his smaller hands upon the Lilliputian kings. Once, it is true, he made a misplay, uncovered his queen. The watchers sucked in their breath. Surely now this Merlin was done for. But his opponent, Spielmann, did not see the opening; the next move set it right. He was safe, and so he stayed until the last day. Then it was found that Marshall of the U.S. had tied...
...Farnham, played singles in the Yale match only, but here he defeated Schoonmaker 2-6, 7-5, 6-4. Three times in the second set the Yale man had him match point and a single misplay at any one of these times, would have made the final score, Yale 5, Harvard 4. Farnham, however kept his nerve and each time his steadiness pulled him through...
...first three runs by following a base on balls with two triples and a double. Bigelow made a creditable debut in the last four innings by holding Tufts to three hits and one run. Behind the pitchers the Crimson players put up a first class defense, a slight misplay by Owen being the only check to perfect fielding...
...following simple provision:--"The series of downs shall not be interrupted by a fumble recovered by the other side, unless exhausted by the rush; but either side fumbling shall not be allowed to gain ground thereby. The punt could be left as it is, giving enough chance for misplay...