Word: drove
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...allowed myself to be persuaded, and one fine evening we drove over, attired in full evening-dress...
...fine fielding of Blister. We only have space to give a detailed account of the first inning. At precisely three o'clock the Borsair, gracefully poising himself on one toe, let fly the sphere. Moriarty, for the Hod-lifters, amid cries of the crowd of, "Are you there, Moriarty?" drove a liner back to the Borsair, who neatly caught it - between the eyes; notwithstanding the sudden shock, he deftly hurled the red globe to Cunners, on first base, in time to put Moriarty out. Amid the cries of the populace of, "No, you're not there, Moriarty," he returned home...
...Well, we drove through the city, singing our carols at every house; and then south nearly to Dorton. That was our only out-of-town station...
...legs in motion. This is but an idle fancy, for you might have pulled that tail with all your might and never produced the least result, unless, perhaps, you pulled the poor animal over. Need I say, then, that he was a very safe family horse? The small boy drove him without peril, except once when he was coaxed into a trot, going down hill, and directly fell down, breaking both shafts. Even then little damage was done, excepting the loss of the shafts and of a few more gray hairs...
...flied to Say; Leeds hit hard to Woodhead, who threw wildly to Cogswell; Leeds then, by dancing around his base, annoyed Snigg into a wild pitch, which gave him his third, where he was left by Tyng striking out; Mincher retired by Leeds to Wright, a good assistance; Say drove a hot liner to Ernst, who caught it in his right hand; Dailey hit for a base, and reached second on Tyng's poor throw to Sawyer; Snigg then retired by Sawyer to Wright. In the twenty-fourth Mincher captured two pretty flies; the Manchesters were all retired by Tyng...