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Word: sharpers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Holmes field was rather too soft for cricket yesterday, especially after the two showers, but the scheduled championship match was played off in spite of unfavorable conditions. Haverford went to the bat first, and by steady play piled up 85 runs, Muir leading with 19. Sharper fielding by Harvard would have kept the score lower. Brown and Garrett led off in Harvard's first innings. and made 25 runs in quick succession before the first wicket fell. After that the side was retired rapidly by the puzzling balls of Martin and Baily. The game was stopped by rain after Haverford...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Haverford, 85; Harvard, 51. | 6/6/1889 | See Source »

...that a large number of errors were made. The professional coaching of their opponents, and the continual shouting of the crowd seemed to rattle the Harvard players, for nearly all the men fumbled badly. Harvard batted finely all through the game, and had the base running been a trifle sharper two or more runs would have been added to the score. The outfielders did not seem to be able to play their positions. They allowed several balls to drop between them with very feeble attempts at a put out. The change of Dean to second base and Mumford to short...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Worcester 19; Harvard 8. | 4/26/1889 | See Source »

...robbed and yet that nobody, not even those on duty, should have discovered the fact until late in the morning. There seems to be room here for a charge of neglect of duty against the night-watchmen. At any rate, we hope that the recent raid will cause a sharper lookout to be kept during the early morning hours. The students will undoubtedly be more careful after this severe reminder; those who have usually left their doors unlocked or open will be vigllant for a time, and then they will gradually fall back into their old habits. It is when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/15/1888 | See Source »

...game as a whole was less dull than most of those played this year. The batting of both nines was fair, Harvard of course doing the heaviest hitting. The fielding of the visitors was much sharper than that of the home team. The heavy hitting of Quacken-boss for the home team and the fielding of Duryea at second base for Williams were the noticeable features of the game. Brown, the left fielder of the Williams team, made a beautiful running catch, which elicited prolonged applause from the spectators. The game was called at the end of the eighth inning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 9; W lliams 4. | 5/11/1888 | See Source »

...Harvard's attempt for 1887 seems to have been to overcome with unprecedently heavy rushing, the always sharper tackling of Yale and Princeton, and Harvard's success at this kind of game has been remarkable. Harvard produced an eleven of enormous weight both in the rush line and behind it-and this great physical power was concentrated with considerable skill. The Harvard system is very superior to the heavy rushing game that was so assiduously practiced by all three colleges some six years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 1/6/1888 | See Source »

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