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...assists and three put-outs, without an error. Brown played a good game at third, his only error being an excusable fumble of a grounder, and one of his assists being of the star order. Wood played an errorless game at second. Rankin did excellent work at first his, muff of Curtis' difficult throw being his only misplay...
...slow ground hit was knocked to him, and by a quick feint he kept the men to their bases, and then, by a remarkably fast and accurate throw, assisted the batsman out at first. Whittemore's play at third base was very good. His only error was a muff of a difficult foul, and two of his assists were of the phenomenal kind. Cassatt accepted five out of six chances, and his error was an excusable fumble of a grounder for which he had to run nearly to first base. He was a little slow in putting the ball...
...everyone being very deliberate in his movements. If this excessive care had made their fielding good, one could have endured the want of snap which so enlivens a game, but it did not and it never will in a game with such a team as Yale's. Whiting's muff of an easy liner, Dreyfus's ridiculous errors in left, McAdams' passed balls, Whittemore's two fumbles and Gilmore's slow, but by no means, sure throw to first in the opening inning were all extremely costly misplays and as a whole can only be put down as unpardonable work...
...individual work, all the backs rushed well, Corbett and Trafford especially distinguishing themselves each by a long rush of seventy-five yards. Trafford made one costly muff, and Corbett fumbled twice. In the rush line Emmons played carefully and effectively...
Harvard scored every few minutes throughout the game. Trafford, Fearing, Lake and Grey as usual did most of the ground gaining, though the tackles ran occasionally, and Mason especially made some good rushes. Hallowell also followed the ball closely on kicks, and scored once or twice on a muff by the Wesleyan fullback...