Word: nines
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Owing to a threatened storm the audience was comparatively small. The college men turned out in large numbers and under an efficient leader cheered well, doing much toward winning the game. The effect of the enthusiasm was plainly shown by the way in which the nine worked during the eighth inning. Harvard won the game more by a streak of good luck than anything else. The two errors made by Princeton in the seventh cost them the game. Harvard's batting was very poor. Only 3 for 4 does not appear well when placed beside 6 for 8. Dean...
About a dozen of us graduates came out to see the Princeton game Thursday. In our opinion the game was lost through the utter indifference of the undergraduates to support the nine. The cheering was simply a disgrace. If the nine had been supported by proper cheering the game would have been...
...Yale freshmen have been trying to arrange a game with the freshman nine at Princeton for some time. Partial arrangements had been made by the Yale nine to take a short trip for the purpose of playing several teams, including Princeton. Plans had been made for a game with Princeton on May 29 and one at Potstown on the 30, but the Harvard game coming so near those dates, has prevented the trip from being taken. This is a disappointment far Yale since no other date can be arranged this year. A game with Princeton will undoubtedly be arranged...
...freshman nine left for New Haven yesterday afternoon, and spent the night at Meriden, according to the usual costume. The class will be represented this afternoon by the following team: Hulley, c; Wood, p; Carpenter, 1b; Wrenn, 2b; Spalding, 3b; Curtis, ss; Cummin, If; Neff, cf; Allen, rf. This is IIulley's first year at Harvard, although he is in the class of eighty-nine...
...late hour last night the make up of the university team which will play Princeton today was undecided. The Princeton nine will probably not be changed...