Word: seconds
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Hopkins gets first on an error, but is left at third, as Watson is last man out, Ernst to Wright. Harvard's chances look slim, with four runs for Yale. Coolidge goes to the bat for our side, and earns first, but is put out in trying to steal second. Tyng strikes out, and Ernst closes the inning, Walden to Hopkins. 0 runs...
...saves a run. Tyng, for Harvard, goes out on a fly to right-field; Ernst reaches first base on a missed third-strike; Wright steps up to bat, and earns two bases on a long liner out to left field, bringing Ernst home, amidst great excitement. Winsor gets to second by an error of centre-field; and a base-hit will give two more runs; unfortunately Olmstead and Nunn both go out on fouls. Score, Yale 4, Harvard 1. There is a slight hope for the crimson...
...Inning. Hutchinson drives the ball to Holden, who throws it to Wright; Parker, more successful, gets to first on a missed third-strike, - Tyng's only error, - but is thrown out at second, by a neat double play. Harvard's batters again fail to earn first, and the score is still 4 to 1 for Yale...
...drawing to an end, with Yale still two runs ahead. Cohen tries his chance, and hits a single; Holden imitates him; Coolidge goes out on three strikes; Tyng brings the first two home by a two-baser, and scores himself on Ernst's single. Ernst is cut off at second. The score now stands Harvard 5, Yale 4. Intense excitement...
...London on the 27th of last June does not need description. The only dramatic situation was at the start, which was made at dusk after a delay of nearly three hours. Then Yale caught the water at the word "two," and this advantage gave her the lead for a second and a half. After that time Harvard pulled steadily away from Yale, and increased the lead during each mile. She won by a difference of one minute and forty-three seconds, making the four miles in 22.15, - a loss upon last year's time, which was 20.44. The time this...