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Dates: during 1880-1880
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REFERENCE was made at the end of my last paper to changes which took place in college base ball playing in the year 1875. The principal of these was the introduction of curve-pitching by Mann of Princeton. The delivery of the ball had already increased in swiftness, and it was about this time that the addition of underhand throwing was introduced...
This year, too, the Athletics, then the best nine in the country, were beaten by 22 to 10. In the autumn, Bush, afterwards so famous in base-ball annals, played his first game with the University Nine. The record for the year was twelve games won, two lost...
...great years in Harvard's base-ball history. The Dartmouths were beaten 38 to 0, and the Lowells were frequently worsted. A good game was played with the famous Red Stockings, then champions of the country. A trip was taken during the summer, and a number of professional nines were encountered. This year Perrin, still remembered for his brilliant play at first base, joined the Nine. Fourteen out of twenty games were...
...tour of the Nine. It opened with a splendid game in which Yale was beaten 22 to 24, on July 3. The Haymakers, Mutuals, Red Stockings, and numerous other professional clubs were met, and twenty out of twenty-six games were won. This was the climax of Bush's base-ball career, and it has been said of him that without doubt he was the best player the country had seen...
...inclination to growl at the defeats of the Nine, coupled with a refusal to be present at the games, even if played in Cambridge. But there is a step even lower than this; the work of preparation for the annual examinations may render it impossible to attend base-ball games, but no such plea can be urged by the numbers of students who witness the games from the fence of Jarvis Field. A goodly array of familiar faces on the benches does much towards the encouragement of the Nine, not only by applause, but also in a pecuniary...