Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...inning, however, the play was wretched, and Dartmouth obtained a lead which the Harvard team was unable to overcome during the rest of the game. At several points in the game a base hit would have tied the score, but it was in no case forthcoming, In fact the poor batting of Harvard was one of the features of the game. Only four hits were made, and of these, two were scratches. Downer was steady at critical points, but the Dartmouth team, as the heavy batting totals indicate, had no difficulty in gauging his delivery. In the beginning...
...This additional amount of practice was surely of some benefit, and it seems hardly possible that the good affect should be shown later on in the season if not now. A majority of the match games to be played are with strong teams and, unless the material is hopelessly poor, the men ought surely to show vast improvement in the next two or three weeks. Unless this improvement appears there is little chance that ninety-two will be successful in the Yale games...
...Tyng, the famous Harvard pitcher. It was the first time the Staten Island team had played together this season and their lack of practice was painfully evident. The Harvard nine did not do justice to the great amount of careful practice which it has received; indecision, bad throwing, and poor base running were the rule...
...other players were men who have at some time played on the Beacons. The visiting team played a fair game, but the men showed a lack of practice. The 'varsity showed improvement over their playing of Wednesday, and the batting especially was stronger. The base running was poor. The features of the game were Linn's beautiful assist to Willard of a ball which ordinarily would have surely been a base hit, Howland's superb running one hand catch in centre field and Henshaw's long hit to left...
Yale beat Tufes in New Haven last Wednesday by a score of 9 to 3. It was a poor game on both sides...