Word: playing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...runs were made. Morgan in this inning got the first base hit for Yale by batting a pretty one to left. But Bigelow soon after struck a hot liner to Sawyer, who caught and quickly fielded it to first, catching Morgan and getting a beautiful double play...
...Amherst will this year graduate seventy-five men. Of this number 42 are Republicans, 7 Democrats, and 22 Independents; 49 believe in total abstinence; 34 dance, 34 smoke, 10 chew, and 56 play cards; 13 are devoted to Political Economy, 11 to Philosophy, and I to the study of human nature; 7 are engaged, 4 "won't tell," while the remainder are still untrammelled...
...Nine played a strong batting game, as the score will show, but their fielding was not free from bad errors. Princeton's poor play in the field can, in a measure, be accounted for by more than a week's lack of practice, caused by the many rainy days of the previous week. We much regretted the injury to her catcher which compelled his retirement from the game, - another example of the fact that misfortunes never come singly. We can only wish them better luck next time. A more extended commentary than the appended score will be unnecessary...
...clock the band will begin to play in the Yard, which will be brilliantly illuminated; and music will be furnished during the evening until II o'clock...
...probably need to be told that there is in ball playing and in boating a general rule which forbids contestants themselves to bet on the result of a game or race in which they are to play or row. This rule is based on what experience has shown to be a fact, viz. that when men bet on themselves, the additional excitement and nervousness interfere with their work; and in proportion to the amount of the bet is the extent of this interference. The more important the match, and the more exciting it is in itself, the more strictly...