Word: nine
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...word, the Nine played a splendid game, and won a creditable, yes, a glorious victory. Nor must we, upon whom their glory reflects, fail to recognize the untiring efforts of their energetic captain and their own persistent and devoted practice...
...feature of our Nine's play was more praiseworthy than their excellent base running; there was no lagging or misjudgment in this respect. Morgan's catching was the brilliant feature of Yale's play. Though making a few unusual errors for him, his general play was very fine. Carter did not prove as effective as before, but he is always a hard man to hit. The rest played rather poorly, as the score will show. Their occasional brilliant plays were fully recognized, and applauded by the audience in an impartial and courteous spirit, which New Haven audiences would do well...
...game with the Rhode Islands on the 25th, the Nine was defeated by a score...
...Nine played Trinity, Saturday, June 29. Score 29 to 4 in our favor. Tyng made two home runs...
...taking precedence of all other emotions. The average undergraduate discussed the chances of the match, the amount of money he was going to have left for Springfield, and the folly of the Class Committee in not printing more tickets for Memorial Hall, a tune which they unanimously changed about nine in the evening...