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...fourth Worcester failed to score. The first three Harvard men at the bat went out. In the fifth Howe took Bates' place in the box. Worcester made a run on a base on balls, a hit, a wild pitch and Howe's muff at the plate of Cobb's throw. Again Harvard's first three men went out, two of them at second base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 2; Worcester 6. | 4/21/1891 | See Source »

Brown failed to score until the third inning. In the first Harvard made a run on scratch hits by Hovey and Trafford, a stolen base, and a wild throw by Thurston. In the third we scored on Mendenhall's bad muff of Hallowell's hit, a stolen base and a wild pitch. Brown went to work with a vim in this inning. Mendenhall hit safely and stole second. Woodcock lifted the ball well over the right field fence. Frothingham was slow to pick it up, and both men came in. Then Jones struck out. Tenney got a base on balls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard vs. Brown. | 4/18/1891 | See Source »

Harvard got two in the fifth, on Lowe's three errors, one a muff of Hovey's grounder, and base hits by Dickinson and Upton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday's Game with Boston. | 4/8/1891 | See Source »

...began a very aggressive game. Lake gamed eight yards around the end; and Coroett went through the centre for five yards. Upton failed to gain because S. Morison was off-side, but for the same reason Harvard got five yards. A punt by Trafford gave McClung a chance to muff. He did so, and quick as flash, Hallowell had picked up the ball; he ran forty yards and scored a touchdown. The umpire decided, however, that Cumnock's interference had been unfair, and the ball was brought back to the centre. For some time neither team made appreciable gains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VICTORY. | 11/24/1890 | See Source »

...score in the seventh. In the eighth Brown got two more runs. Messer made a hit. Hubbard hit a slow grounder along the fist base line which Bates picked up; he threw wild to first, however, and Messer scored, Hubbard taking third. Hubbard came in on Upton's muff at the plate of Bates' throw. In Harvard's half of the eighth Dean got his base on balls, stole second, took third on Linn's hit, and home on Howland's. Linn stole second and came home on Howland's hit. Howland took second and third on the error...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base Ball. | 6/19/1890 | See Source »

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