Word: shutting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Until last Saturday's game with Princeton, Yale had not been shut out by a college nine since...
Harvard was first at the bat and was shut out, although Linn got around to third on a hit, a steal and a sacrifice. Mahoney made a two base hit for Holy Cross, but got no farther than the second bag. In the second inning the Holy Cross infield went to pieces. Alward got his base on third's error, stole second and came in on sacrifices. Short-stop fumbled Mason's grounder and the latter stole second, took third on Upton's sacrifice, and came in on a wild pitch. Upton got a life on third's error...
...throw in and scored on Duncan's single; '93 won the game in the last of the sixth by five singles and a base on balls. Codman made two of the put-outs in this inning by brilliant catches. After this inning Ferson went into the box and shut the freshmen out. The next game will be played Wednesday. Following is yesterday's score...
...inevitably would. For without minor games outside of the college the university teams could not obtain sufficient practice to be any match for Yale teams, and the "one, two, or three intercollegiate contests" would become a mere farce. Moreover it would greatly decrease the interest of candidates to be shut off from the possibility of playing on a college team in some less important game, even if they were not chosen for the Yale games. The second nine and eleven would be especially effected by this restriction, and would probably soon have to be discontinued, and the old spirit...