Word: warners
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Eleven played a game at Salem with the Alphas on Saturday, May 17. The first inning was close and well played, and resulted in a tie, each side scoring 45. The fielding of our Eleven was very sharp; the noticeable points being Spinney's wicket-keeping, Warner's play at long-stop, and Green's at point. The batting was fair. Sullivan was not out for 16, and Rives scored his nine by a succession of very brilliant hits. In the second inning, when the Alphas were seven out for 66, they hit their wickets, hoping...
Like beauty ill-attired, our humor clothed in uncouth and meaningless phrases is undiscovered. True, with our limited experience, and wit perhaps, we can hardly expect our efforts to bear even a favorable comparison with the elaborately finished work of a Holmes or Warner, whose humor seldom offends in essence or expression; yet if we would succeed at all in this vein, our style, like theirs, must be characterized by simplicity and elegance, our productions must possess pith and raciness...