Word: oned
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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This was our third game with Princeton, and, as she was defeated in both the former games, a like result was looked for in this one. Our men, however, had to cope with a remarkably strong Nine, flushed with their victory of 10 to 9 over Yale, and anxious to hang the Harvard scalp in the New Jersey wigwam. Our Nine, owing in part to their crippled condition, but principally to their traditional weak batting, was hardly equal to the occasion. The game was an exciting one, and the score, 3 to 1, was, we believe, the smallest ever made...
...inspirit their champions, others in the more mercenary expectation of "getting on" bets. The latter class were sadly disappointed; a long line of defeats has implanted in the Yalensian mind a deep conviction of the impropriety-nay, the immorality-of betting, especially against Harvard. Two and three to one was the current rate of investment...
...first inning Harvard made three runs, to one for Yale; in the second we again scored three, and Yale retired for nothing; but in the third, Nevins having been substituted for A very in the pitcher's position, we experienced a similar fate, Yale getting two. The Nine soon became accustomed to Nevin's eccentric underhand throws, and punished him for two, five, and two, in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings, while New Haven only obtained a two and a one in the fifth and sixth. At this point the score showed fifteen runs in our favor against...
...entire party desire to return thanks to their friends at New Haven for the courtesies extended them after the game. Altogether the trip was a particularly pleasant one...
Notwithstanding the intense heat, a good number of students and others witnessed this game, which, on account of the uneven play of our Nine, was very one-sided. Cutler, Kent, and White played finely. Mr. Tyler gave satisfaction as umpire...