Word: straight
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...third however was Harvard's first great inning. After Dean and Downer had struck out Ames was batted for four straight hits, one of them a double, and two runs, one of them earned, were scored. One of these hits was made by Willard, and It was the best hit yet made by Harvard in the championship series. The excitement during this inning was very great. Princeton got only one hit and no runs. Harvard's infield work was excellent...
Match B. was started today the shooting in this match being entirely straight-away with the following winners...
...Dartmouth team played a good game straight through. Baehr was effective. He was wild, however, and hit the batsman at least a half dozen times. The visitors batted finely and played with great spirit. Their weak point was their base running...
...middle-weight wrestling (under 160 pounds), there were two entries, W. L. Loewenstein, L. S., and A. E. Frye, L. S. Frye won two straight rounds and so won the event. In both rounds Frye forced the wrestling and his work was decidedly the more scientific of the two, although Loewenstein guarded well...
...George A. Gordon was the preacher of the afternoon, He read a portion of the ninth chapter of Acts, and selected that portion of the eleventh verse which reads "And the Lord said unto him, 'Arise and go into the street which is called straight,'" for the text of his remarks. He said that whatever other characteristics the street may have had it was straight. It led from the country out into the country on the other side; from beauty unto beauty; from freedom unto freedom; and from peace unto peace. In this characteristic it is typical of the Christian...