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...admirable game, striking out eight men, and allowing but one hit to be made off his delivery. There were only three innings in which more than three men of the U. of V. came to the bat. Dean had an off day yesterday, fumbling three slow grounders. Trafford's muff at first and Upton's wild throw to second were the only other errors made by Harvard. The men had no trouble in batting O'Connor out of the box. His place was taken by Pond, who came in from right field. Alward and Hovey led at the bat with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 12; U. of V. 1. | 6/16/1891 | See Source »

...spasms. In the first inning she rolled up five runs on three bases on balls, hits by Hovey, Alward and Bates, two stolen bases and four errors. In this inning both Hovey and Frothingham were caught between third base and home; both of them scored, Hovey on a muff by third, and Frothingham on a poor throw by the catcher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 12; U. of V. 1. | 6/16/1891 | See Source »

...first inning only brilliant playing prevented Lovell's nine from scoring. Rudderham got to first on a muff by Frothingham. O'Brien followed with a clean single past second base. Fitz knocked a grounder to Hovey, who threw quickly to Cook. The latter had plenty of time to put out Rudderham, who was forced from second, but he neglected to touch the base. With three men on bases Gardner knocked a fly to Hovey, who fielded it to Cook in time to catch Rudderham before he could get back to his base. Carleton now came to the bat. O'Brien...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 6; Lovell's Nine 0. | 5/29/1891 | See Source »

...base on fumbled grounder, stole second, and reached third on a wild pitch. Clarke got his base on balls and stole second, and both men scored on Harding's single. Two more runs were made in the fourth. Clarke made a hit, stole second and came home on the muff of Harding's fly to right. Harding took second on the throw in, went to third on a muff by centre field who tried to catch him at second, and came home on Minton's hit. Cabot got his base on balls in the eighth, stole second, and scored...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: St. Mark's 7; Harvard '94, 5. | 5/7/1891 | See Source »

...field fence for a home run. Hallowell followed with a clear hit to centre. He took second on a passed ball. Hovey hit to Boutelle, who threw wild to Thompson, and Hallowell came in. Hovey, who had taken second on the wild throw, got to third on Thompson's muff of Trafford's easy fly, and came home on Frothingham's hit to centre. Trafford was thrown out in trying to get to second. Alward hit safely and Frothingham got to second, but went out at third. Cook fouled out to the catcher, and the first inning ended with three...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 10; Dartmouth O. | 4/23/1891 | See Source »

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