Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rather easy victory from Brockton at the Brockton grounds Saturday. The wicket was too wet for high scoring on either side, but Harvard's bowling was much stronger than that of the home team. Adams especially distinguished himself in bowling and it was owing to his good pitch and changing of pace that Brockton was dismissed in the second inning for the insignificant total...
...under the rules any ball which strikes the umpire is a safe hit. This play would have ended the inning without a run having been made, and certainly the ball was not deflected in the least or made any more easy to handle. After this Paine made a wild pitch and Smith followed with a very timely single, which brought in two runs...
...contest between them was very close. Paine was more effective than his rival, but did not have particularly good control and was rather erratic in his fielding during the early part of the game. In the first inning he gave two bases on balls and made a wild pitch and a wild throw to first. These errors, with two sacrifice hits, gave Princeton a lead which Harvard could not overcome. From this point until the tenth inning Paine's pitching was faultless. Not a hit was made off him until the eighth inning...
...base hits-Gunster, Altman. Stolen bases-Burgess, Clarkson, Dean, Sankey 3, Ward 2, Smith, Bradley. Bases on balls-Off Paine 7; off Wilson, 1; off Easton, 3. Struck out-By Paine, 5; by Wilson, 1; by Easton, 3. Hit by pitcher-Burgess. 2; Smith, Sankey. Passed ball Smith. Wild pitch-Paine. Time-2 hours. Umpire-Betts...
...fifth, U. of P. made their last run. Wilhelm got a double and scored on a wild pitch and another double by Ritchie. Harvard scored twice. Haughton, Stevenson and Chandler all made two-base hits, bringing in two earned runs...