Word: playing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Freshman nine will play Brown '82 to-morrow at Providence...
HARVARD lost the toss, and went to the bat. For the first three innings each side was retired without runs, Hopkins's two-base hit being the only play at the bat worthy of mention. Parker took his base in the fourth by Nunn's fumble, second on Winsor's muff of Lamb's hit, third and home on Walden's force hit, Holden failing to put him out on the plate. Hopkins flied to Nunn, Camp hit for a base, Lamb scoring. Clark struck out, Nunn fumbled Smith's hit, Walden scoring, and Ripley finished the inning with...
Howe and Winsor led at the bat for Harvard, while Hopkins and Camp did the same for Yale. Coolidge, Wright, and Olmsted played well in the field. Holden caught splendidly, and it is much to be regretted that Harvard loses his services in the next game. Alger played an excellent up-hill game, and acquitted himself admirably considering the heavy batting tendencies of the Yale Nine. Howe made one of the finest fly-catches ever seen on a ball field. Hutchison's play at short was the principal feature on the part of Yale; he succeeded in stopping several seeming...
...Lacrosse Club play their third game with the Union Club to-morrow...
...Play!" says the Captain; from the topmost round he holds up his bat invitingly. "Jump!" he says; and the danger-stricken man hangs from the eaves, swings, lets go, is caught in the meshes of the bat, tossed up, caught by the next man below, and reaches the ground, dizzy, but alive and unhurt. A tremendous cheer greets the rescued...