Word: split
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...base running is slow. Smith, second baseman, is a hard hitter, but pulls away from the ball. He is fairly steady in his position, but is inclined to throw inaccurately. Wendell, catcher, has only been playing with the team little more than a week. He replaces Lovering, who split his finger in the game with Milton Academy, and, owing partly to lack of practice, is weak in catching and in throwing to bases, although he bats well. Lincols, pitcher, is a fairly strong hitter and covers his position satisfactorily. He has a tendency to pitch too fast...
...chief weakness of the Freshman team is its weak hitting and careless base-running. A steady improvement has been shown in fielding, although it is still somewhat erratic. The team will be severely crippled by the loss of Lovering, the catcher, who had a finger split open in the game with Milton Academy last Wednesday. Last Saturday afternoon the Yale freshmen defeated the Princeton freshmen in a 10-inning game by the score of 8 to 7. The Brown freshmen, who defeated the Freshmen last Monday by the score of 7 to 4 have been defeated by the Yale freshmen...
...Peabody Museum has recently received two rare boxes of birch bark, the gifts of Mrs. E. J. McNeil and Miss N. M. Betteley of Cambridge. The boxes are a hundred years old, and were made by Indians. They are ornamented with split spruce and with porcupine quills worked in colors. The Museum now owns five such boxes, and only one other museum in the country has any specimens of this rare Indian workmanship...
Answering for Harvard, Wagner said that the affirmative rested its case on the absolute right of a European nation to have a decision of the Hague tribunal enforced, since the tribunal has considered all the circumstances of the case. The wedge, which the negative fears, will be split, because the South American republics will become aroused to national responsibilities. Replying to the proposal of temporary holding, he cited England's occupation in Egypt which has resulted practically in permanent control. They say it would be a chance for Germany to get a basis for military operations, but presented to Americans...
...second eight will probably be split into two four-oared crews this week, as the squad will go to New London a week from tomorrow, and only a short time remains in which to pick the men. It is likely, however, that the second crew will be kept together for another time-row with the first, early in the week...