Word: player
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...close, the Harvard men were carried from the field on the backs of their fellow students. In front of the gymnasium a crowd collected and cheered for the nine as a whole and for each individual player...
...third base when long flies were hit to the out-field, and in each instance the coach failed to have the runner stand on the bag until the ball was caught and then run home. In two of these instances a run was clearly sacrificed, in the other the player was fortunately batted home. Twice during the game, owing to poor coaching, double plays were made by cutting off men after fly catches. These were among the most noticeable instances of lack of "coaching," tho' lack of "jaw" there was none...
After a long and creditable record of victories, the best a Princeton lacrosse team has for some years made, the twelve succumbed on Saturday to the New Yorks at Staten Island. The team and each individual player were outplayed, and confessed it. The championship of the College League will rest as it has ever rested, between Harvard and Princeton, and the struggle this year will not be the mildest ever fought...
Back nets have appeared on Holmes field, and the heart of the tennis player is glad, while the "shack" wanders disconsolately through the yard. His reign has been brought to a sudden end by the awakening of the Tennis Association. We extend our thanks to that worthy institution...
...Detroits in their practice learned a fact about batting under the new rules. They say that if a player holds his bat in the usual position to strike at a low ball he cannot raise it in time to hit a high ball; but, on the other hand, if he holds the bat in position to hit a high ball it is easy enough to come down to a low one. - Sporting Life...