Word: wente
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...move to sieze the colonists' stores of arms and ammunition at Concord. In spite of all the general's attempts at secrecy his plan transpired, and on the night of the 18th of April, 1775, the country was quietly alarmed by Paul Revere and other persons, and the news went forth that a detachment of British regulars had left Boston for Concord. According to the received account, they set out at half past 10 in the evening, reached Lexington at half past four on the morning of the 19th, halted there twenty minutes, and arrived in Concord at seven...
Yesterday the 'varsity crew went back to its barge after a week in the shell. A slight accident delayed the crew for a short time as they were starting off for the afternoon row. The tide was low and in launching the barge a rock was struck, knocking a hole in the bottom. This was soon patched up. The makeup of the crew was considerably changed on account of the absence of a number of men. Captain Bullard watched the crew from the launch. He has a lame arm and will probably not row for several days. Hollister and Perkins...
...game by a score of 12 to 9. The fielding on both sides was very ragged and many easy chances were missed. Highlands and Paine were the pitchers for the first five innings and Cozzens and Gregory for the last two. In the seventh inning both Gregory and Cozzens went to pieces. Scannell started to catch for the first nine, but had to stop on account of an attack of lumbago and Buckman took his place, and when Gregory pitched Morton caught. Scott caught for the second nine, which was captained by Dean...
...second nine went in first to bat. After Wrenn was out and Burgess on first base, Rand hit to Whittemore, who threw Burgess out at second; Rand scored on Hayes's fumble of Stevenson's hit. The first nine scored two runs in their first inning. Hayes got his base on balls, stole second and scored on Highlands's hot liner to left field. Highland's got second on a passed ball and scored on Beale's base-hit to right field, which was fumbled by Burgess...
...beginning of the seventh inning, the last inning of the game, the score stood 6 to 5 in favor of the first nine. Then both batteries went to pieces. Cozzens was hit for three singles and a two-bagger. Morton, the catcher for the first nine, let in two runs on a wild throw to second and a fumble at the plate. These hits and errors brought in four runs for the second nine. In the last half of the inning Gregory gave five men their base on balls and was hit for two singles. Scott made two wild throws...