Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Junior crew has finally been chosen, and is at work with the other eights on the Charles. Four of the men have recently been sick with throat trouble, but with the exception of Bradlee they are now all right again. Bradlee unfortunately will not be able to row again this year, which will be a serious loss to the crew. Of the other men, Capt. Adams, Porter, Churchill and Hale are of last year's crew, and Woodman rowed freshman year, while Smith, Appleton and Carpenter...
...through his fingers and when on the next ball pitched Bannister stole second, there was great excitement. Murray was gracefully retired on three strikes, and in attempting to get third as he had second Bannister was thrown out by Henshaw to Campbell. For Harvard Wiestling ticked the ball into right field, but no one was there. On the first ball pitched he made for second but Bannister dropped the ball, and Wiestling could not be credited with a steal. He stole third, however, making a splendid slide and was declared safe by the umpire much to the disgust of many...
...Boyden. Boyden went to the bat for Harvard. He made a good hit to centre field, but was caught out. Linn got his base on a wild throw made by De Sibourg, stole second, but was left there by Mumford's striking out and Wiestling's flying out to right field...
...stole around to third. Cooper went out on a foul tip, and Wiestling captured Bannister's fly. Foster led off with a base hit to left field, but was put out at second, forced by Campbell's grounder to De Sibourg. Willard drove the ball far out into right field. La Marche turned his back to the diamond, and made for the out field as fast as he could go. Soon he turned around and with his hands a few feet from the fence he prevented a three-base hit by holding the ball. It was beautiful fielding. Henshaw fielded...
Yesterday afternoon Harvard played their second game with Bowdoin, and defeated them by a score of 10 to 2. Henshaw's hands were sore and Allen, '86, kindly consented to catch for Harvard. Linn, '90, played right field. He had no chances in the field, but his batting was good. Underwood pitched for Bowdoin, and though he only struck out one man, very few safe hits were made off him He pitches a very slow ball, and as Harvard has not had any practice on that kind of pitching the men failed to hit the ball hard...