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...baseball team lost to the Exeter Academy nine Saturday afternoon by a 1 to 0 score. The contest was a pitcher's battle between Welles, of Exeter and Willcox, of the Freshmen. The former pitched the steadier game, striking out 12 men and giving no bases on balls. Each twirler allowed only four hits...
...perfectly fielded game was the contribution of the twirler's team-mates, the bright features of the afternoon being attributed to Gannett, Milholland, Ayres and the participants in the lightning double play in the fourth. Gannett made a remarkably fast play on Nichols's clean drive over first in the sixth inning. Coming in at full speed, he scooped the ball on the run and threw to Nash just in time to beat Nichols, and in doing so he completed a play seldom seen on any ball field. Milholland was unusually busy all afternoon, accepting five chances without a slip...
...with Stiles, a raw recruit, at third, will make up a stonewall infield; and Osborne, though inexperienced, is a demon with the willow, and will cover the initial bag in Daubert fashion. Veterans Smith, Brown, and Morris will form the slugging outfield trio. "Steamship" Hall, the peerless arterial twirler, will appear on the slab with Reynolds, another old timer, at the receiving end. Manager Henderson intends to try out all his new material, and substitutions will be made almost...
...Fripp batted heavily for Coach Sexton's nine. The latter team lead throughout the larger part of the game, the advantage being due apparently to better slab men. Two of the winners' runs were scored by runners who were given bases on balls as a result of the opposing twirler's wildness. No hurler was allowed to stay in the box long, however, this being the first day of work, and the wildness was not an unexpected fault for this early in the season...
Harvard won the first game at Philadelphia after a brilliant ninth inning rally by the score of 3 to 1. Felton and Captain Imlay had a pitchers' battle in which the Harvard twirler had slightly the better of the argument. The Pennsylvanian received poor support, however, especially in the last inning, when two errors gave the Harvard team three runs. Imlay will be in the box again today, while Felton will likely do the heavy work for Harvard...