Word: strike
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fifty per cent, on work done in the class room. You wrote a good paper, but your daily work brought you down." The student turns from him to another instructor. This one says: "Well, I do not keep account of daily work. I take the examination mark and then strike an average between that and the general idea which I have of a man." The next professor says kindly - "The real reason I marked you down was because you were absent half the time. I count regularity in attendance at least one-third." Still another says carelessly...
Holy Cross began to score in the fourth inning. O'Neil singled to right field and stole second. Mahoney struck out, but Upton muffed the third strike and had to throw Mahoney out at first. Meanwhile O'Neil went to third and came in on Trafford's excusable fumble of Cain's grounder. In the fifth inning J. Kelly got first on Dean's error, went to third on W. Kelly's hit to right field, and was thrown out at the plate by Hovey. Kelly went to second on the throw in, took third on Kelly...
...nine was apparently determined to play it, however, and it was not until time had been twice called on account of the down-pour that the attempt was given up. The game began on Holmes. Wiggin pitched, with Cobb to catch him. The first two men had time to strike out before the rain came down so hard as to make play impossible. Then the teams went to the Carey Building and waited for it to stop. After a long wait there came a lull in the rain and the nines went over to Jarvis where the grass was shorter...
Only two men came to the bat in the second Inning. Maegher went out on an infield grounder, and Connor was the fourth man to strike out in the seven at the bat. Wiggin's pitching with the wet ball was really remarkable...
...first four innings Dartmouth's men went out in one, two, three order, Harvard playing with a great deal of snap. In the first inning, with one man out, Heath got to first on a muffed third strike, but he was quickly caught there by Bates and Trafford. Baehr struck out. In the second, Joyce was the first man out. Boutelle got the only base on balls which Bates gave during the game, but he also was caught at first. Throughout the game Bates was very efficient in keeping the Dartmouth men close to their bases. Eaton struck...