Word: scratches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...game started with a scratch hit by Mason. He was neatly caught by Scannell, however, when trying to steal second. Hubbard followed with a hit to left field and he, too, failed to get to second before Scannell's quick throw. Abbott went out on an easy grounder to Andy Highlands. Harvard was retired in short order, Dean striking out and Winslow and Scannell going out on flies to the outfield...
This evening the Cornell crew rowed a series of races against an untrained scratch crew made up of members of the Henley Club. In the Cornell boat were Matthews, Bentley, Roe, Freeborn, Shape, Hall, Louis, H. Hamilton(stroke). On the way down the Americans had the lead, but at the start, the boats were even. The Henley crew then immediately began to draw away, and were a quarter of a length ahead by the time they had pulled sixteen strokes, when they stopped rowing, having broken a rowlock string...
...began to draw away. The rowing of the Americans became ragged, but they soon steadied themselves, passing Henley, and were a length ahead upon reaching the bridge. The distance covered was over half a mile. Much surprise was expressed among the spectators that Cornell was unable to leave the scratch crew with greater ease...
...sixth Harvard tied the score, making four runs. Scannell led off with his second three-bagger, and scored on a wild throw by Lauder. Two bases on balls, a couple of scratch hits which should have been easy outs, and good base running on the part of Morton and three more runs came in before the inning was ended...
...game was a pitchers' battle from beginning to end. Three clean singles, at left centre, was pounded out of Altman, and only a solitary scratch off the Yale pitchers, Carter and Trudeau. This latter was in the fourth inning, when Carter occupied the box. Bradley sent a rolling grounder to third. Fincke stood behind the base awaiting it, but the ball struck the bag and stopped. Bradley was on first and had a fair chance to make second, but was held...