Word: philipses
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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The Nine has beaten two amateur clubs, and all the junior and school or college clubs with which it has played, among which is Yale, not before beaten by Harvard Freshmen for five years. It has been beaten by the Bostons, the King Philips, and the Beacons:
THE return match with the King Philips was played at East Abington last Saturday. Though the fielding of neither side was as sharp as in the previous game, the positions of the two Nines seemed just reversed; the King Philips made no headway against Hooper's pitching, while the Harvards...
THE first game of the season with the King Philips was played last Saturday. The afternoon was very showery, and the game had to be postponed from the appointed time; but the sun finally came out, and the game was a good one in spite of the wet ground. The...
The result of the game was, of course, a disappointment to us; but it was fairly earned by the King Philips, who both outbatted and outfielded our Nine. Their batting in the fourth and fifth innings was very heavy, and their fielding throughout the game was almost without an error...
The swift pitching which the Harvards have faced all the spring seemed to have somewhat incapacitated them for hitting Thompson's deceptive slows; and their batting was not nearly as good as it has been in some of the recent games. Hooper and Estabrooks each made a pretty hit. Eustis...