Word: thousand
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...greatly missed in the first game, and Tyng's absence in the second was irreparable. It is unnecessary for us to praise Howe's playing; the noble way in which he did his work has been recognized and appreciated by all of us. But had he played a thousand times better, Ernst would still have lacked that perfect confidence in his catcher that comes only from long working together. To this lack of assurance, rather than to any other cause, is to be attributed the number of base-hits made by Yale. That we were beaten fairly and squarely...
...TWENTY thousand "manilla slips" are used in the Library every month...
...power of discharging. In other words, the College dictates to us whom we shall employ, and kindly allows us to pay her servants. The men who do not employ a scout would not employ a janitor; while those of us who do would be seriously inconvenienced in the thousand and one ways in which a scout is so useful. I trust the popular voice will be raised against this step, and that the authorities will allow that we are old enough to choose our own servants without their interference...
...Nine defeated the Live Oaks on Fast Day by a score of 15 to 1. Two thousand spectators were present. Ernst pitched finely, and was well supported by Tyng. Latham excelled in the field, and gained a wonderful record his only error being an excusable one. Tyng, Ernst, and Wright led at the bat. Say played well for the Live Oaks...
Reflected from their glances in a thousand ways...