Word: weak
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second game in the CRIMSON series was played on Jarvis, yesterday forenoon, when the Goats went down before the Stars by a score of 19 to 2. The defeated nine was unable to hit Presbrey's pitching, while its fielding was lamentably weak...
...freshmen played their fourth game on Saturday and are to be congratulated on the improvement shown in the playing of the nine. The batting, which heretofore has been weak, was considerably better. Holden, Hallowell and Stetson doing the best work. Exeter scored three runs in the first inning, but were able to make but one run more owing to the sharp playing of the freshmen. Jones, Palmer and Frost did the best work for the freshmen, and Moulton and Dana for Exeter. Jones' catching was remarkably fine...
...Haven correspondent of the Spirit of the Times, in speaking of Yale's 'varsity crew, says the talk about the men being in bad condition and weak is all trash. The following is from his letter of last week: "All things considered, there is no good reason why these men should not be equal to, if not better, than last year. Taking it for granted that Harvard will present her strongest crew, Yale will, I think, have as reasonable a chance as she did last year. To call Yale's chances poor would be an opinion of hopes and fears...
...interesting. Nichols and Allen formed our battery for the first four innings, after which Winslow and Jones pitched and caught. Harvard opened up with three scores in the first inning and succeeded in making one or more runs in every inning except the sixth. The Techs played weak fielding game, and, with the exception of Twombly and Clark, showed themselves unable to face our pitching. Nichols and Smith did the best work at the bat, the former making two and the latter one home run. Our base running is better than it was last year, but there is still room...
...Techs defeated the Browns Tuesday, at Providence. Score, 5 to 2. The Techs were weak at the bat and won the game through the poor fielding of their opponents. Errors, Techs, 5; Browns...