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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Leeds led off for Harvard with a long fly to left field, which was well taken by Tyler. Wright got his first on an error of the third baseman, took second on a passed ball, and came home op Tyng's two-base hit. Tyng was put out while attempting to steal third. Thayer took first on an error by pitcher, stole second, and scored on a hot grounder of Ernst's which the third base failed to stop. Dow closed the inning by giving the short stop an easy fly. For Brown, Nickerson reached first by Thatcher's missing...
...second inning Latham opened with a base hit, and Thatcher got first on an error by short stop. Sawyer then struck to third, forcing out Latham, while Thatcher was caught between second and third base. Leeds then made a beautiful hit between left and centre fields, bringing in Sawyer, but was put out while trying to reach third...
...runs on errors of Leeds, Thatcher, and Tyng. The next two innings added nothing to our score and one to that of our opponents. In the eighth it looked as if we might win. Leeds and Wright led off with base hits, Dow followed with a slow grounder towards third, which the pitcher threw over the first-base man's head, letting in Leeds and Wright and sending Dow to third. Ernst then struck a grounder to the short-stop, who threw it to first in time to put out Ernst, and Dow was caught while foolishly attempting...
...Bostons Leonard led off, and was put out at first. O'Rourke made a base hit, got to third on Wright's failure to catch a ball thrown him by Ernst, and came home on Murnan's hit to short stop. Schafer closed the inning with a foul fly to catcher. On our side Holmes led off with a base hit, and stole second where he was left, the next three strikers retiring in order. The second inning resulted in a blank for the Bostons, Manning being left on second after making a clean...
...Harvard, Thayer made a base hit, but was forced out by Tyng's grounder to third. Latham went out on a fly to Leonard; Thatcher hit safe, bringing in Tyng; Sawyer was given his base on called balls, stole second, and scored on a base hit by Holmes. Wright struck to first base, and was put out. In the next two innings neither nine added anything to their score, but in the fifth Sawyer, after hitting safe, scored the only earned run of the game, coming in on a "two bases" of Holmes's. Score 3 to 1 in favor...