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...first inning, with two men out, Clark, Ayres, Gannett, Hardwick, and Frye made hits in succession; Gannett's was for two bases. Four runs resulted. Yale scored two in the same inning from a base on balls, a steal, two hits and a sacrifice fly. In the third Ayres doubled and scored on Gannett's single. Hardwick also made a hit, but Gannett was thrown out when he tried to make third on it. In Yale's half, Way's hit, an error, an out, and a base on balls filled the bases Whitney then replaced Mahan. The next batter...
Middlebrook is particularly valuable as a base runner and a fielder. He has over a dozen more steals to his credit than his nearest rival, averaging two a game, and in two games has managed to steal four times each. In the field, he is not credited with a single error, in spite of the fact that he covers an unusually large territory. To offset these virtues he is, however, weak...
...became a common occurrence to steal the Bible and in November 1822 a great disturbance was made by the Juniors because the Tutor who officiated detained them too long. April 1823, another uprising took place among the Seniors. Yet it was not for four years after this that it was voted, in order to secure greater respect for the service, that, in the absence of the President, prayers should be performed by the Professor of Divinity...
...same order as yesterday. The work for crew A consisted of a longer pull on the river than in previous practices. Several times the customary low stroke was quickened, and the boat went smoothly. Attention was given to perfecting the dash in the pull through and the slow steal out on the recovery...
...feature which served to liven the contest was a double steal by Babson and Wingate in the fourth inning. It was a farcial play, both the Harvard and Colby players showing a lamentable lack of baseball brains. With Babson on third and Wingate on second, a "squeeze" play was in order, but caption Potter, who was at bat, did not hit and Babson was caught off the base. He finally managed to get back safely, but Wingate had taken too great a lead from second, and was trapped between second and third, almost forcing Babson. The play resulted in Babson...