Word: putting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard earned two runs in the first. Hallowell beat the ball to first, Highlands made a single, and both scored on Frothingham's hit. In the second Contrell failed to put the third man out, and let in two runs, then Reese's muff added two more. Harvard made four hits, scoring five earned runs...
...yard in the early hours of the evening. The only regret in the past has been that there has not been more of it. This year there has been less than usual. Thoughtlessness or indifference of the few in authority and not the general lack of interest has put the good old custom in the back-ground. The time from half past six to eight is leisure for a large part of the students. It is seldom, if ever, that the yard is more filled than then. It is the one time in the evening when men would gather most...
...very large, and as the length of each term is eight weeks and vacation, all told, amounts to six months, each year, a course at Oxford need not be a very severe "grind" to a man rather inclined to take things easy. There is one restriction, however, put upon the freedom of the students, which perhaps may seem strange and amusing to the students of Harvard, where every student is almost completely his own master...
...varsity nine was treated to considerable of a surprise in yesterday's game at Exeter. The home team put up a strong game; the work of Powers, Exeter's catcher, whom Andover protested was particularly brilliant. Repeatedly he caught men off bases by his quick, accurate throwing. At one time the bases were full with none out. Hapgood allowed himself to be caught napping off first and Trafford was equally slow in being thrown out between third and home and then the batter went out and Harvard failed to score. Harvard put in a substitute team. Corbett caught and Whittemore...
...appears practically settled that the undergraduate rule which during the past few months the managers and captains of the Yale Athletic teams have been endeavoring to put in force, will be finally dropped. For two months, owing to a compromise between the supporters of the rule and their opponents, the matter has been quiet. A committee of twelve representative men of the university was appointed to draw up new constitutions and report...