Word: third
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...petition is fairly launched; it has carried the College by storm. One-third of all the undergraduates have already signed and the number is growing steadily...
Harvard began the game with a rush. McCall hit to the flag in left field, and easily reached second, although he was almost caught off the base. Briggs followed with a good sacrifice hit, and Harvey who was running for McCall moved to third. Lanigan's safe drive to left brought Harvey across the plate. An error by short stop on Simons' grounder put Lanigan on third, but Simons was caught stealing second. Harvey met the occasion by hitting to right for two bases, scoring Lanigan, but getting out himself on trying to stretch the hit to three bases...
Another run came in the fourth as a result of an error by the third baseman, and a clean hit by Currier. The last score was made in the sixth inning when Simons reached first on a single, advanced to third on Harvey's beautiful bunt, which was curiously fielded, and came home on Dana's sacrifice hit to centre field...
...rest of the season. Kemble hurt his hand in the Georgetown game while sliding, and will not be in the line-up this afternoon. The outfield will be made up of Dana, Keefe, and Pounds. McCall will play at second, and Harvey in Leonard's place at third. The team as a whole demonstrated good batting ability on the Southern trip, and when the places become a little more settled a good fielding team should result...
With this material the outlook is anything but poor, provided the pitchers can be developed. Furthermore, the 1907 freshman squad contains some valuable men who may be drawn from. Among these are Goodwillie, pitcher; Crosby, first base; Matchner, second base; Jones, third base; Willimas and Lally, catchers; and Tompkins, White, and Judson, outfielders. Whinery and Hochke are the leading candidates for catcher...