Word: brilliant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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AMHERST, MASS., June 1.- Harvard defeated Amherst for the second time this season by clean fielding and good batting. The features of the game were the hard hitting of McCornick and Reid and a brilliant one-hand catch by Chandler. The game was close until the seventh, when hits by Reid, Robinson, McCornick, a base on balls, and Fisher's error netted the visitors five runs...
Amherst had a chance to score in the eighth, but a brilliant play by Robinson and Laughlin shut them out. Score...
...Yale's scoring, with the exception of the winning run, was all done in the first three innings, after which MacDonald allowed but two hits. Weakness at the bat was the main reason for 1901's defeat. Their fielding was, on the whole, praiseworthy, and at times brilliant. In the eighth inning, with the bases full and but one man out, Fincke caught Boyce's low fly and threw Clark out at third; while in the seventh Cropley made the star play of the game, pulling in Taylor's sharp liner which looked like a home...
...first game in the class baseball series, played on the 'Varsity diamond yesterday, Ninety-nine defeated Ninety-eight by the score of twelve to seven. The game, though somewhat loosely played by both sides, was marked by several brilliant plays by Ninety-nine, and up to the sixth inning, when the Juniors scored five runs, was decidedly interesting. Both Ely and Cochrane gave many bases on balls, but the latter steadied down and pitched effectively for the last three innings. Ely, however, was replaced by Vincent in the seventh inning...
...Alaska: Its Neglected Past, Its Brilliant Future," by Bushrod Washington Jame; the Sunshine Publishing Company, Philadelphia...