Word: spoiled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...considers greatly to its credit, but which would be unheard of elsewhere. The freshmen sat quietly in their places and had their photographs taken as if it was a matter of course. There was not a sophomore to be seen, no reflected light was cast on the group to spoil the picture, and the whole ordeal passed off only less solemly and less soberly than the one through which '88 had just passed...
...balls. Such opponents as these do far more injury than good to the nine. A much better team could have been chosen from our own men than that which represented Bowdoin yesterday. It is conducive to careless base running, poor fielding and slack play generally. It is enough to spoil any pitcher to tell him to "let them hit it" or to "pitch easy." We trust that no more nines of this description will play on Holmes this season. The game was called at the sixth inning on account of the lateness of the hour. The score...
...believe that a college-educated man, if the education does not spoil him as it does a great many men-if, with his education, he can get down to every-day practical things-will succeed in journalism. Education is certainly a good thing; but education that keeps a man in the clouds all the time will not do for the hurly-burly of daily newspaper work...
...base running is certainly one of the most interesting and exciting features of base ball; eliminate it, and just so much is subtracted from the pleasure of witnessing a game, To raise the batting average and give men more opportunities to run every possible chance which will not spoil the game, should be given them. The League found during the past season that the abolition of the foul bound catch worked no injury to base ball, and there seems to be no reason why the Inter-Collegiate Association should not take the hint, and give the batsman another chance...
...line if he tries. Holden ought to be careful, too, not to jump into the air when tackled ; that simply makes it easier to be tackled low, and makes it harder to push men off. Littauer is so quick and active that it seems strange to see him spoil his play by high tackling. Homans is slow about throwing himself into a man or onto the ball...