Word: tightness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Zarakov has been playing a brilliant game at third, in spite of his four errors. His misplays usually come at times when they can be best afforded and in tight places he has proved invulnerable...
...limited the Crimson to four hits and one run. Chauncey opened the third with a single, and Barbee drove him home with the second of his three hits. Except for this inning, Gray kept the Crimson allotment of hits per inning to one or less, and his teammates played tight ball behind...
...matter of fielding, the Crimson has displayed form at least up to the early spring average, and has shown a steady improvement in defensive play. Last Saturday, the nine played errorless ball behind Puffer's tight pitching, and Coach Mitchell is confident that in the future opposing batters will have to hit solidly to be allowed the privileges of the base paths...
Zarakov turned in a pair of sparkling plays on ground balls to the hot corner and the remainder of the Crimson inner defense gave tight support in the field. The visiting garden trio shone brightly while the infielders were messing up everything they touched. Asher robbed Ellison of a triple in the fourth when he gathered in his long drive after a hard...
...plate in the first canto to down the invaders. The first-year diamond team scored five times in the first, and the final count was 8 to 1. After the initial bombardment, during which the losers chalked up their Ione marker, both teams settled down and played fairly tight ball. Wentworth gathered six hits off the deliveries of three Crimson twirlers while the winning stickers were collecting nine safe blows from a pair of school boy fingers...