Word: ninth
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...nine, for the attempts, all too often successful, to "rattle" them, gave them a lesson in the way of what they must expect at an exciting point in a game with Princeton. The most inexecusable thing was their base-running. With two men on bases in the ninth, they failed to score because too careless in stealing to third. They should have better instruction on this point and should be taught to keep their heads...
...retired one man on a weak bunt and the other two on strikes. Abbott did some great work at the bat, making three hits in his four chances. Trafford also found the ball surprisingly well. The nine fielded almost perfectly, the one error being made in the ninth with two men already retired. There was poor judgment, however shown in the base running and at least one run was lost by stupid coaching. The play by which Hovey was put out at third was far from complimentary to the nine...
...seventh, eighth and ninth Amherst saw first only once, while Harvard added a couple more in the seventh. Abbott made a double and Trafford brought him in on a single. With Frothingham on third and Trafford trying for second from first Allen threw the ball to second. Frothingham was quick to use the chance to score. Hallowell was retired at the plate in the eighth, and this spoiled the prospect of another...
...Harvard Shooting Club is negotiating at present with the University of Pennsylvania, Yale and Princeton for a match on May twenty ninth, the day before the Princeton game. If arrangements are satisfactorily made the match will be held at the Wellington Gun Club. The outlook for this intercollegiate shoot is at present very favorable and the interest of the college in the work of the Shooting Club will doubtless be very much increased by the new feature. The Club will hold a practice shoot this afternoon 2 o'clock and every man in college who is at all interested...
...freshmen failed to score in the fourth, fifth, and eighth innings, and scored two runs in the sixth. Hopkinson's made their only run in the ninth because of loose playing by the freshmen...