Word: diamond
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...third diamond is being laid out on the Yale Field, to facilitate practice...
...probably the only man in college who can hold Dann's switt pitching. His strongest point, however, is at first base, which he is able to cover easily. He has played more or less in the field, but is not a very sure man outside of the diamond. McClintock, '90, played right field in two of the championship games last year, when both Kellogg and Brigham were away. He covers his ground well, but is not very quick in fielding the ball. His batting is not above the average...
...first eleven and Technology, both played on the Union Grounds. In last year's game, Mr. Holden tripped in a hole and sprained his ankle, not getting into good trim again all the season. Yesterday, Mr. Nichols, a most promising player, was slung into the home plate of the diamond, a great block of marble, and badly hurt. Not only that, there was every chance offered the men of being severely hurt; and it was only that Providence which watches over somnambulists and Harvard students that kept them from embracing...
...carried away from previous contact with it. These things were all owing to the gross negligence of the managers; but with every precaution, the ground is dangerous and unfit to play on: it is covered with cinders, full of holes, has a running track and a base-ball diamond on it, and above all, is absurdly small. Every probability points to some one being seriously hurt there in future games; and this being so, is practice so valuable to us as to make us run the risk of crippling our best men, even if we never play on the Union...
YALE, 6; HARVARD 3.On June 29th Harvard and Yale again met on the diamond, this time at New Haven. Although the championship had been decided by the game of the previous Saturday, still this game was of sufficient interest to draw over four thousand people to the Yale grounds. The field was encircled by carriages, and presented a beautiful appearance. Blue was everywhere and not a particle of crimson was to be seen...