Word: base
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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AFTER the victory of Yale over Harvard at base ball, last Saturday, a Yale graduate telegraphed to the President of Harvard: "President Eliot, Dear Sir, - You will have to call into requisition again the services of the two veterans if you expect to win the series this year." - N. Y. Evening Post...
QUERY: Is President Porter President of Yale College or of the Base-Ball Club, or of both...
...Base ball originated in the old-fashioned game of rounders. The first game at Harvard was played in 1862, by the class nine of '66, which had been organized by G. A. Flagg and F. Wright, both...
...interest in the game increased, and the Cambridge city government allowed a part of the Common near the Washington Elm to be used for practice. On June 27, 1863, the first game of base ball proper was played between our '66 nine and Brown, '66, the score standing 27 to 17 in our favor. In 1864, the first of many exciting contests with the Lowells took place, the latter winning two out of four games...
...base-ball grounds were changed from the Delta to Jarvis Field. J. B. Ames, '68, was captain, and three great games were played with the Lowells, to decide the disputed question of championship. The scores are as follows...