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Word: wild (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday afternoon the Yale freshmen won the first game of the series with the Harvard freshmen by extremely hard batting, aided by the very wild pitching of the Harvard pitcher. The beginning of the game was delayed by the failure of the umpire, Mr. Pearce, to put in an appearance, and in his absence, Mr. Wiestling, '87, filled the position most acceptably to both nines. The game was not a creditable exhibition of ball playing, by either nine, but the Harvard freshmen succeeded in bunching the greatest number of errors, and the Yale freshmen the greater number of hits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/19/1887 | See Source »

Brown scored a run in the second on a hit by by Brownell, a fumble by Bingham and a wild pitch. In the third three more were added to their score on an attempt at put out, a wild throw and Quick's home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/18/1887 | See Source »

Foster's muff, a wild throw and a wild pitch gave them one more in the sixth, and a base on balls, a steal and a sacrifice one in the seventh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/18/1887 | See Source »

...Brown, 1. Three-base hits - Choate, Willard. Home run - Quick. First base on balls - Boyden, 1; Bingham, 2; Hunter, 10. First base on errors - Harvard, 13; Brown, 6. Struck out - Boyden, 3; Bingham, 7; Hunter, 8. Double plays - Cooke, Brownell and Kinney. Passed ball - Choate, 2; Kinney, 2. Wild pitches - Boyden, 2; Bingham, 1. Left on bases - Harvard 9; Brown, 4. Umpire - Mr. Egan. Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/18/1887 | See Source »

...errors by '90 subsequently cleared the bases with the score 13 to 12 in favor of '89. The last half of the last inning opened with Slade getting his base on a missed third strike. Kielty fouled out. Piper made a hit to short left field which was thrown wild. Slade and Piper both scored and '90 won by a score of 14 to 13. Both Vila and Trafford gave good exhibitions of ball playing at first base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '89 vs. '90. | 5/17/1887 | See Source »

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