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Word: star (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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Rand distinguished himself by making two timely hits which scored runs and in the field he made two star catches which prevented runs. Chandler again showed up well at shortstop, accepting all his chances and making a hit. The pitching by Paine was as steady as it was effective from the beginning to the end of the game. In five innings only three men came to the bat in each inning, in three other innings only four men had a chance to hit the ball, and in the seventh when Brown's only run was made, but five...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NINE WINS. | 6/4/1896 | See Source »

...seemed tired and the game was listless. The only man on the Nine who seemed wide awake was Chandler, who accepted all his chances, and made a star one-hand catch of a low line ball in the sixth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWTON A. A., 15; HARVARD, 7. | 6/2/1896 | See Source »

...reaching and jumping after balls prevented Princeton from getting men to first and across the plate many times, besides keeping down the list of Harvard's errors. Paine showed himself a great pitcher, keeping the hits well scattered except in two innings and showing praiseworthy endurance. Dean made several star catches in spite of the fact that he lost his feet. Chandler at short-stop played a steady game, making an excellent stop in backing up Stevenson in the twelfth inning. In fact the fielding of the entire nine was, with one or two exceptions, perfect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD LOSES AGAIN. | 6/1/1896 | See Source »

...system used in discovering variable stars is very successful. There is in the observatory a library, so to speak, of the sky for the past eight years. During this time nearly 60,000 photographs of the skies at differet times have been taken. As soon as a star is noticed with hydrogen lines on its spectrum, a reference is immediately made to the photpraphs made in that region where the star is found. From these different photographs it can be learned whether the star is always of the same brightness. This method leads to the discovery of more variable stars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD OBSERVATORY. | 3/20/1896 | See Source »

...Copeland read the opening of "Hyperion," the sonnets "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer," and "On the Grasshopper and Cricket"; the odes "To a Nightingale," "To Autumn," "On Melancholy," and "On a Grecian Urn"; "Fancy," "Lines on the Mermaid Tavern," "Robin Hood," and "Bright Star Would I were Steadfast as Thou...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Copeland's Lecture. | 3/18/1896 | See Source »

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