Word: stopping
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sides was rather unsteady, though at times very brilliant. The feature of the game was a wonderful one-handed catch by Whittemore of a hot liner above his head. This catch was so unexpected that he had no trouble in completing a double play. He also made a good stop off Powers in the sixth inning. Winslow played well in the field, and succeeded in stealing third base by a fine slide. Wrenn accepted several hard chances but marred his record by several inexcusable errors. Scannell and Stevenson put up their usual reliable game. Rand distinguished himself by three clean...
...change has been made in the Yale nine, Quimby going back again, but taking second base, Redington moving to centre field, and Capt. Rustin, who has been doing fine work at short stop, probably taking that place permanently. Capt. Case of last year's team is coaching the nine...
...rather stronger team than on their former appearance, but their fielding was very weak. Harvard had no difficulty in batting the opposing pitchers, and stole bases with impunity, the best work in this respect being done by Whittemore. The fielding was very erratic, though Dean made a good stop and Hayes caught a difficult fly. Gregory pitched a steady game...
McVey played well at third base making one pretty stop. Hall and Walker were both tried at first base. Walker is poor on high balls but is better on pick-ups than Hall. They are about equal in batting. The outfield play a good fielding game but are weak at the bat with the exception of Chandler who plays right field...
...Tufts team played very well. They made only two errors. Corridan especially did good work at short stop...