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...kicked the ball so far over our rushers heads that the Stevens men had plenty of time to return it, giving our men a chance to fumble the ball, which they gladly accepted, and there might have been trouble if Butler had not dropped on the ball. On a muff by the Stevens half-back, Remington got the ball and carried it well down the field, and when they next lined up Fletcher carried it five yards further. Then there was some more first-class fumbling by the Harvard half-backs, and Harvard lost ground steadily, the Stevens half-back...
...Bremner opened the inning by getting his base on balls. He stole second, but was thrown out at third by Henshaw. Stagg sent a grounder to Smith and Marsh struck out. Harvard. Wiestling and Smith got bases on balls and went third and second on Bremner's muff of Phillips' fly. Wiestling came home on Nichols' long fly to left. Willard made a safe hit, Sheppard fumbled it, and Phillips came home. Willard tried to steal second and went...
...expected - did not show up in his usual good form. Donovan, the League Umpire, did not appear, and his place was filled by a Columbia man, who was a little off on 'balls' and 'strikes.' Columbia secured two runs in the third inning on a muff by Phillips and two hits, one in the sixth and seventh on errors, and one in the eighth on a home run hit by McElwain. Harvard had several chances - get runs, but the hit necessary to bring them in was not forthcoming. In the eighth, with the bases full, and only...
...liner from Safford's bat. In the fifth, wild throws by third base, pitcher, short stop, and first base, a hit by Choate, and Nichols' hard drive just inside of third-a home run-netted Harvard five runs. In the seventh, Eastman reached first on Foster's muff, a very excusable error however, but failed to score. In the eighth inning, Nichols reached first on balls, Allen and Smith hit safely, and then a fumble by Talcott gave Harvard three more runs. When Williams came to the bat in this inning, Warren knocked a long fly to right field...
...first; Allen took first on balls, second on a passed ball, and scored on Smith's three-base hit, The latter, however, was put out at the home plate, and Edgerly went out in the same way as Willard did. Dartmouth added two runs. Dillon reached first on a muff by Willard, Springfield followed on an error of Smith, Dillon goint to third. Weeks flied out to Smith, and Hale went out on a foul tip to Allen. Springfield meanwhile had reached second, and Quackenboss' single brought both Dillon and Springfield in. Chellis, however, went out, Smith to Willard...