Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...accurate statement as to the make-up of the nine, but for some of the positions the candidates are so few, or the merits of some one man are so unquestioned that a tolerable correct prediction can be made. There can be no doubt, for instance, that Young will pitch. He has occupied the box for the last three seasons, and last year he was a decided puzzle to the Yale batters. Brown '92, who has been substitute catcher for three years, will probably catch him. He is not so good a catcher as Brokaw was but he is decidedly...
...centre field and Parker right field have also left. Poole was an excellent back stop and his loss will be keenly felt. Either Jackson who was substitute catcher year before last or Kedzie, who caught in some the preliminary games last year, will probably take his place. Bowers will pitch again. He is a steady man, but by no means brilliant. McClung will in all probability be called upon to cover first base again. He has said that he will not play base ball this year, but if another equally good man cannot be found, he will probably have...
...author states as his personal conviction that the hostile attitude of society towards Ibsen is only an illustration of that principle which is as old as life - the principle of self preservation, and further that "the cry that Ibsen is treading upon dangerous ground, the old cry of pitch and defilement, of forbidden subject, gives expression to that fear of unpleasant truth, that effeminate shrinking from all that is dark and evil which is characteristic of buoyant optimism...
...exceedingly demonstrative in their loyalty to their team. Cheering and applause is a sort of moral support which athletic teams of all sorts must have if they are to do their best work. This is especially true in foot ball; the players must be kept up to a high pitch...
Earned runs, Harvard 2. First base on balls, Dean (2), Frothingham, Cook, Upton (2), Bates, Kinsella. First base on errors, Harvard 4, U, of Vt. 4. Struck out, Dean, Frothingham, Cook (2), Upton (2), Hill (2), Pond. Stolen bases, Dean, Hovey (3), Trafford, Alward (3), Cook, Stewart. Wild pitch, Bates. Hit by pitched ball, Frothingham. Time, 1h. 55 m. Umpires, Laverty and Quinn...