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...tendency to make too many pauses in a sentence, as if the young speakers felt the need of a certain start before making an emphasis, on the reculer pour mieux sauter principle. The lack of by-play was striking, albeit natural, and almost all the participants fell into the error, common to all American -born amateurs, of looking preternaturally solemn-as if the destinies of the stellar system weighed upon their shoulder-when they had nothing to say. Yet there was no sign of carelessness; every movement and position seem to have been well studied out beforehand. The thing that...
...first Harvard-Dartmouth game was played yesterday afternoon at 4 P. M., before an audience of about 1000. The game opened with Harvard at the bat. Beaman reached first by an error of the second baseman. Tilden hit for three bases, bringing in Beaman, but was put out in his endeavor to reach home. Nichols got his base on balls, stole second and third, and came home on a passed ball. Willard struck out, and Allen went out pitcher to first. For Dartmouth, the first three men were struck out. Score, Harvard, 2; Dartmouth...
...fourth Harvard was blanked for the first time, Tilden being the only man to get in a hit, but he was left at first. Dartmouth now made her first score on a two-bse hit by Quackenboss, a single by Chellis, and an error of judgment by Winslow, who held Scruton's fly to right field, but failed to field the ball home. McCarthy went out Wiestling to Willard, and the ining closed with the score six to one, for Harvard...
...passed ball, and scored on Smith's three-base hit, The latter, however, was put out at the home plate, and Edgerly went out in the same way as Willard did. Dartmouth added two runs. Dillon reached first on a muff by Willard, Springfield followed on an error of Smith, Dillon goint to third. Weeks flied out to Smith, and Hale went out on a foul tip to Allen. Springfield meanwhile had reached second, and Quackenboss' single brought both Dillon and Springfield in. Chellis, however, went out, Smith to Willard, and Quackenboss was left at first. Score...
...scored on a wild pitch, a dropped fly, and a passed ball. Willard hit a long fly to Reynolds, who dropped it, allowing him to reach second; a passed ball sent him to third. Allen hit safely, bringing in Willard, went to second, third, and home, on an error by Clark and two passed balls. Smith got his base on balls, and scored on passed balls, a wild throw and a hit. Wiestling hit safely, and went the round of the bases on a wild throw to Reynolds. Foster and Winslow struck out. Beaman hit for two bases...