Word: base
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...wielders of the shears and paste-pot will undoubtedly pull of some equally delicate bit of delicious humor to maintain their dubious reputation. It is rumored that F. Beets Boodle, notorious in sporting circles, and a former Philadelphia star, will attempt to fill the gap between second and third base, while the unearned increment will be devoted to pumping the water out of the new cyclone cellar in front of Randolph...
Hicks was a little wild at first and gave five bases on balls, but he soon steadied and Princeton failed to make a single hit off his delivery. Cunningham who started the game in the box for Princeton was effective for two innings. Then three hits in succession, one a three-bagger, by Hicks, brought in two runs. Aronson opened the fourth inning with another three-base hit, and scored on Dana's single. When the fifth began, White was seen in Cunningham's place, and the latter retired to right field. White was only a slight improvement, and allowed...
Hicks excelled at the bat with a single and a fine three-bagger to left field. Lanigan made two clean hits over second, and all the others except Harvey and MacLaughlin counted once. MacLaughlin and Simons were very fast around second base, and Dillon and Reed also covered much ground. Dana made a fine running catch of a foul fly. Briggs played a splendid game on first base in spite of a severe blow on the head in the third inning, when Myers collided with him as he stepped into the baseline to stop a wide throw from Hicks. Lanigan...
Robert Sturgis Potter, of Philadelphia, Pa., was last night elected captain of the Freshman baseball team. Potter prepared for College at St. Mark's School, where for four years he played second base on the school team. At present he is playing regular second base on the Freshman nine...
...team is strong at the bat and in base-running, but the pitching staff is weak. Ferguson will probably start the game today after an absence of two weeks on account of an injury...