Word: sticking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...York men now made a brace and succeeded in keeping the ball away from their goal; Roberts was particularly active and displayed some pretty stick work. The ball soon went off to one side of the field where it was secured by McKelvey who threw from far out in the field and got a goal. Time, seven minutes...
...sent a telegram stating that it would be impossible for them to come to Cambridge on the 19th, but giving no reason for their extraordinary conduct. A meeting of a few representative base-ball men was immediately held, and it was decided to inform Yale that she must either stick to her agreement, or consider the game forfeited to Harvard. A telegram to this effect was immediately despatched. This behavior on the part of Yale is certainly peculiar and we trust that she will be able to give good and sufficient reasons for thus breaking her agreement...
...Stevens, S. of L., settles very badly at the end of his stroke; does not take hold of the water until he has started his slide; does not get his blade in the water neatly; and does not stick to it well when he tires...
Again the ball was faced, and Hood carried it down the field, where it travelled back and forth from one Harvard player's stick to another for five minutes, when Hale shot successfully, scoring the third goal for our team...
...ball was placed and fell almost immediately into Hood's stick. He dodged by several men and threw goal number four in just one minute...