Word: playing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Freshman nine will play their first game with the Yale Freshmen to-morrow afternoon on Jarvis. As the Freshman annuals begin the following Monday, the second game in the series will probably not be played till after Class...
...Freshman Nine play the Brown Freshmen at Providence...
...University Nine left Cambridge for Princeton Thursday evening, 13th inst., intending to play the New Haven professionals on Friday and the Princeton University Nine on Saturday. Owing to some difficulty in obtaining accommodations at New Haven, the men did not get a very good night's rest, and in consequence, did not make as good a display as they should have done in Friday's game. They were met in the morning by several of the Yale Nine, who very politely drove them about the city, showing them among other things their new boat-house, a very fine building which...
...witnessed by a large crowd of spectators, chiefly Yale students, who seemed, to judge by their applause, much pleased at our errors, Besides one or two noticeable features, there is little to say about the game. Thatcher's play behind the bat was excellent, as was Hooper's pitching. Tyng batted well, and made a beautiful one-hand stop in the ninth innings. For the New Havens, the pitcher had a puzzling way of jerking the first two balls over the heads of both striker and catcher, and then of letting the third one come swiftly towards the striker...
...arrival of the Nine at Princeton it was received by members of the Princeton U. B. B. C. and escorted to the hotel. After a light lunch it went upon the field, and play was called as early as 12 M., to enable the Nine to return home by the night train from New York. The first innings opened favorably for Harvard, as Leeds took his base on an error by catcher, and scored before the side went out. Then followed three whitewashes for Harvard, Princeton in the mean time scoring three runs. In the fifth innings the Harvards became...