Word: supported
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Gregory pitched a beautiful game and if he had had any kind of support the Harvard team would have won. Vincent, who has taken Litchfield's place at third, played very poorly, making six errors out of ten chances...
Dickson's pitching was strong and steady, but his support was poor and Harvard's good work at the bat won the game. The score...
...Sophomores started in with a rush and by good batting succeeded in scoring seven runs in the first three innings. Their other runs were made in the sixth and eighth. Galbraith pitched well and, with the exception of Mills's two errors, received perfect support. Nowell at third also played a strong game, making several difficult assists. Jamison led the batting list with four hits out of five times at bat. It is a noteworthy fact that three of the '99 team, Nowell, Galbraith and Robinson, played on the No Names, the champion nine of the scrub baseball series...
...Corporation like to see the utmost done under difficulties. But one feature of games they do not like to see: that is, cheering. They want men to have the kind of moral support that cheering does not give. Men should be able to play their best if no Harvard man is near...
...President, however, in the course of his remarks, spoke of the spirit in which teams should go into their contests, and discouraged the idea of organized cheering on the part of the undergraduates in order to support the men and help them to do better work. He said that a team ought not to need this kind of support; that it ought to accustom itself to playing under disadvantages, and that it ought to play even better when on the field of a rival team than when in Cambridge. These are, no doubt, the conditions under which an ideal team...