Word: standings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Pennsylvania won the toss and decided to take the bat. W. Scott and Wiedersheim were the first to face the bowling of Ellis and Brown. The wickets fell fast, until five wickets were down for 19 runs. When Trotter came in, the only stand of the inning was made. Trotter played carefully for 11 and the 47 runs of W. Scott was an invaluable contribution to his side. The attack was steady and well directed, and the field support was good, a catch by Balch at short slip being invaluable. The venture closed for the small score of 68 runs...
Harvard followed on, but were unable to make any stand against the fine bowling of Goodwin and Brown. Goodwin performed the wonderful feat of getting five wickets for one run. Brown also made a good catch at short slip...
...altogether the general verdict seemed to be one of indolent "laissez-faire." If the championship is to be decided, the captains of the three upper classes must get together at once and arrange a couple of dates before class-day. As the freshmen are too far behind to stand any chance of winning two games-one between '89 and '90, and the winning team to play '88-would be sufficient to decide the championship. The captains should take the matter in hand and determine whether it is now too late to proceed...
...forced to notice it editorially. In the first place, the base-ball association has always been a money-making institution, having a large surplus in its treasury every year. Therefore there was no excuse for reserving every seat on Holmes field with the exception of the battered old stand off in right field. Secondly, in the Princeton game, all the seats from the hospital building to the clump of willows were unreserved, and it was naturally expected that the same arrangement would be made on Saturday, especially as no notice of the change had been given beforehand. The students were...
...novel game of base ball took place on the Dartmouth campus recently between the members of two rival boarding clubs. The players all wore dress suits with kids and opera hats, and in running and sliding bases furnished much amusement for the grand stand...