Word: driving
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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first two sets Ward clearly out-played Ware, winning both rather easily, but the third Ware won, 6-4, by excellent lobbing and quick returns. In the last set Ward still forced the game but Ware played up to his old standard, making some brilliant drives down the side lines. In the last and deciding game Ware rallied, but a drive into the net and Ward's hard returns...
Bancroft, at 2, uses his leg drive too soon and fails to use his shoulders properly...
...Harvard, Stevenson and Chandler led in batting with two hits each, and Haughton brought in a run with a good drive to left field...
...first four innings, McCornick allowed Yale only two hits, but in the fifth he lost his head and four runs were scored as a result of four successive hits and two bad errors. McCornick struck out eight men and did very effective work at the bat, his long drive into the willows, in the second, being the feature of the game...
...sixth was due to another misplay by Pennsylvania. Burgess was caught between first and second, but Ritchie made a wild throw into right field in an attempt to get the ball to first, and Burgess came in. The last run was well earned by Burgess' long drive into right field for a home...