Word: underhand
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Astor House, New York, on the evening of the 17th. The Harvard Club was represented by Messrs. Tyler and Hodges. Although the meeting was of great length, but few vital points were discussed. A resolution against the proposed ten men and ten innings was adopted, and the rule allowing underhand throwing was abolished, and that of the Convention of 1870 substituted...
...Yale; in the second we again scored three, and Yale retired for nothing; but in the third, Nevins having been substituted for A very in the pitcher's position, we experienced a similar fate, Yale getting two. The Nine soon became accustomed to Nevin's eccentric underhand throws, and punished him for two, five, and two, in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings, while New Haven only obtained a two and a one in the fifth and sixth. At this point the score showed fifteen runs in our favor against six for our opponents; but Yale now began to pick...