Word: catching
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...point on the second University crew sprinted but was only able to cut down the lead a quarter of a length. Pennsylvania finished two lengths behind Harvard. The work of the crew in this first race was listless, there was a marked tendency at times to hang at the catch, and when the crew was passed by Cornell in the early part of the race, all the men were rushing their slides...
...base but in neither case came near scoring: Briggs fumbled a grounder in the sixth, allowing Dennie to reach first. The next man sacrificed, but the runner was left on second after two fast plays, an unassisted put-out on first by Briggs and a catch of a liner by Harvey. Hicks struck out the first two men in the next inning and then Nourse singled to right centre. A pop fly to Simons ended the inning. In the eighth Dana made a fine catch of Raymond's long drive to left, ending Brown's times...
...right, but was left when Hicks struck out. Lanigan opened the ninth by reaching first on the first baseman's error. Harvey struck out and Currier, who went in to bat for Brown, followed suit. Aronson landed on the ball hard, but the right fielder made a spectacular running catch close to the foul line, ending the game...
...graduate and theoretical study; in leading the College from "the easy-going pursuit of prescribed courses" and "the drill system" to "a thoroughly scholarly training, befitting the dignity and importance of the learned professions"; and finally, in inducing the preparatory schools to raise their standards, diversify their teaching and catch the spirit of the elective system. On this Professor Kuehnemann observes that "discipline and liberty in the realm of education bear to each other the relation of premise and conclusion. Hence misgivings will be stronger in a country which, in respect to its school-system or systems...
...baseball game between the Freshmen and Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Conn., on Saturday afternoon resulted in an eleven-inning tie, the game being stopped to allow the Freshmen to catch their train. A considerable handicap was put on the work of the 1912 team by the absence of Kennedy from first base...