Word: stopping
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...game, which was disgraceful. This was the cheering by certain portions of the crowd whenever either side made an error, and the hissing of all questionable decisions of the umpire. This was done to be sure, mostly by outsiders, but Harvard men must make a determined effort to stop it. It is just this sort of thing which brings in the taint of professionalism to our amateur games...
...that of yesterday. The heavy batting of the team was creditable, yet the weak pitchers whom the Worcester team put into the box were to a great extent responsible for this. The base running in most cases was due to the poor work of Technology's catcher, both in stopping the ball and in throwing to second. Many times the men ran heedlessly and with absolutely no good judgment. The fielding of the nine was simply unpardonable. Cassatt at short stop made his customary errors, together with a few good plays. His work shows so much carelessness that unless some...
...broken finger on his left hand, and Bliss, the left fielder, has a dislocated shoulder. Bowers and Bliss were injured in sliding to bases, and Davis threw his arm out of joint while trying to pitch a curved ball. Capt. Murphy is overtrained, and may be obliged to stop playing for a time...
Stevens played well for Harvard, making six put-outs with no errors. Cassatt at short stop appeared in much better from than in his previous games, while McAdams kept up his reputation as a good hitter by making three good singles. The batting of the team as a whole, was however, very unsatisfactory, and the base running showed lamentable weakness. Walker was unsteady in his catching, and showed no improvement in batting...
Brown's runs were made in the second and fourth innings, the first by a base hit, a steal, and an error by short stop; the second by a hit, followed by errors by left field and short stop...