Word: midway
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Dates: during 1878-1878
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Fourth Inning. - Hutchison out, Latham to Wright, Parker hit safe; Smith hit to Wright, who stood midway between home and first, and met the runner; the latter slid along the ground, and the umpire decided not out. This caused a tedious and exciting discussion between the rival captains and their assistants; and no other competent person volunteering as an umpire, the game was resumed where it had been left off. Ripley struck out, and Tyng juggled the ball sufficiently to seduce Parker from second, and then fielded him out, making a brilliant double play and withdrawing us from a precarious...
...gentlemen started on a journey from London to York by horse, distance 195 1/4 miles. One of the horses died midway on the road, and the other, after being braced up by twelve bottles of wine, accomplished the journey...