Word: play
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Carpenter '92 will probably play on the Haverford-Harvard cricket game today...
...team were obliged to commence play in a pouring rain storm and on grounds upon which it had been raining steadily for two days. Around the catcher's, pitcher's, short-stop's, and baseman's positions were large pools of water...
...Yale men, and also to get the $100 guarantee from Yale which was necessary to pay the expenses of the nine home, as the freshman manager arrived in New Haven with only a few dollars in his pockets. Under these circumstances and under other pressure Capt. Brown concluded to play the game. Yale took their outs and had control of the ball while it was dry, and therefore Harvard was quickly disposed of. But when Wood received the ball it was almost impossible to control it. When Captain Brown learned the state of affairs he concluded so to delay...
...than Saturday for the game at New Haven. It rained most of the morning and the grounds were in hourrible condition. The game was to be called at three o'clock and for half an hour afterwards the rain poured down in torrents. At 3.30 it was decided to play the game in spite of everything, and so after some preliminary practice, play began at ten minutes of four. It was impossible for the Harvard players to stay until Monday or the game would surely have been postponed, as the weather prevented anything like ball playing, the rain falling steadily...
...present freshman class nine has certainly distinguished itself in a way disgraceful to the college. The men on the nine were only obeying orders when making no effort to play, and so the blame is not greatly to be given to them. The game was called at the end of the sixth inning on account of the pouring rain. The score...