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...difference in the fielding, as Rogers handled his one fly cleanly. What difference the changes in the batting order may have made are of course problematical. Carr was not in good form at shortstop, and his poor playing may perhaps be attributed to his recent injury. He made a muff of a hard grounder in the opening inning, and in the fifth, with men on second and third, he made a wild throw to the plate which let in two runs. Hicks was ineffective up to the sixth inning, and allowed eight hits, one of which was a home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SERIES WON BY PRINCETON | 5/24/1910 | See Source »

...second inning Aronson opened with a hit into left field and Hicks followed with one in the same place. Marshall advanced both with a sacrifice and Aronson scored from third on Pennock's muff of a throw which was intended to catch Hicks off second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEAM LOST TO AMHERST | 5/12/1910 | See Source »

...first score came in the second inning, when, after Dexter's three-base hit, Simons scored him with a single to left field. Harvard scored again in the fourth on errors. McCall went to third on Palmer's muff of Jube's throw, and after Dexter had gone out, scored on Palmer's second error, on which Simons reached first. He stole second but was left. Dana and Pritchett going out in order. Good chances to score were lost in the fifth and seventh innings by poor hitting. Currier opened the fifth with a two-bagger to centre, and after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD DEFEATED AMHERST | 5/2/1907 | See Source »

Dartmouth won the game in the seventh inning with the help of two inexcusable errors. Schopperly reached first on Briggs' muff, was advanced by McLane, who also was safe on an error. Schildmiller sacrificed and the base-runners moved up a base, both scoring on Merritt's timely hit to centre. McDevitt and Skillen were easy outs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTMOUTH, 4; HARVARD, 3 | 4/29/1907 | See Source »

...single, scoring Waters and Harmon. Hartford then gave Young his base, and he and Warren executed a double steal. Neild reached first on a third strike at a wild pitch, Warren scoring on the same play. Young scored on Hogan's single, and Neild came in on Harvey's muff of Stephenson's throw to second. Osterhout sent a grounder to McCarty, retiring the side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WILLIAMS, 5; HARVARD, 2 | 5/10/1906 | See Source »

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