Word: safely
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Fourth Inning. - Hutchison out, Latham to Wright, Parker hit safe; Smith hit to Wright, who stood midway between home and first, and met the runner; the latter slid along the ground, and the umpire decided not out. This caused a tedious and exciting discussion between the rival captains and their assistants; and no other competent person volunteering as an umpire, the game was resumed where it had been left off. Ripley struck out, and Tyng juggled the ball sufficiently to seduce Parker from second, and then fielded him out, making a brilliant double play and withdrawing us from a precarious...
Ninth Inning. - Smith hit safe, and scored on Tyng's wild throw to second and Howe's fumble. Harvard went to the bat to face Carter for the last time as the Nine of 1878, and the way they batted that ball was delightful to behold. Tyng, after Thayer had gone out by Walden to Downer, hit safely for two bases in the direction of left field, and took third on the inability of two thirds of the Yale nine standing one behind another to stop the ball fielded in by Brown; this had no effect detrimental to the earning...
Yale Freshmen 8, - safe hits 12, total bases 13, errors 6, not including passed balls and wild pitches; Harvard Freshmen 1, - safe hits 3, errors 4, with the same restrictions as above...
...base, and gained his second through the inequality of the ground where the ball struck; Howe followed with a three-base hit, the ball reaching the fence behind centre field; Nunn flied to pitcher; Sawyer made a base hit, bringing in Howe; Thayer followed with a safe hit, but Tyng closed the inning by striking out. Harvard 2, Manchester o, and thus the score remained until the seventh inning, when Kelley led off with a two base hit; O'Rourke followed him with an equally good hit; Leary struck to Nunn, who tried to cut O'Rourke off at third...
...Memorial, the Pumps stood helplessly trembling and shedding tears, the Bulletin Board nimbly crawled under the benches, and the Bell, half strangled by the grip of Jones, filled the air with the most shocking profanity. Terror-stricken, I took to my heels, and never stopped until safe in my room...