Word: scrubbings
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...there being but twenty members of each "camp." What we would propose at Harvard is the organization in the Junior and Senior classes of little independent "camps," which could meet separately on a social basis and compete informally together. To make a risky analogy, such a system would resemble scrub baseball, and might prove every whit as successful in arousing general interest...
...Swain 1900 who broke his leg in a scrub game of ball two weeks ago, has been in the Cambridge Hospital ever since. He is now well enough to be moved and will go to his home in Malden tomorrow...
...justify fully such encouragement as scrub baseball has received during the last two seasons, well supported class series are necessary,since the main idea in making such a point of scrub baseball, is to arouse more general interest in the game, get more men out for their class teams, and generally raise the standard of play. Inevitably a scrub series such as the one just completed, puts off the date when candidates for the class teams can be called out, and by bringing the interclass games in close proximity to the final examinations, may deter a few men who might...
...experience shows that putting a premium on scrub baseball is at the expense of the class nines, such procedure can hardly be recommended for the future, but we believe that there is so much in favor of continuing scrub baseball on the basis instituted this year, that any doubt as to its future advisability would be extremely unfortunate. Therefore it is to be hoped that the class teams will be well supported, and that the training which so many men have already taken advantage of, may work good results in raising the standard of play...
...Names defeated the Dinwitts yesterday by a score of 14 to 7, thereby winning the scrub series. The game was characterized chiefly by very free hiting, including two home runs by each team. Up to the fifth inning it was pretty close; then with three men on bases the ball was knocked over the fence and four men scored; after this but little scoring was done. The Dinwitts were handicapped after the third inning by the loss of their pitcher, as Foster was forced to yield to Wilder on account of a lame...