Word: field
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view of the number of bicyclists now in college, it would seem a good plan to organize a Harvard Bicycle Club. Perhaps the Athletic Association will, if unwilling to hold a field meeting, give a prize of some value for a long distance road-race of ten miles or more. In case they will not, the "sporting column" of the Crimson will guarantee a cup or medal worth ten dollars for a ten-mile road or track race, contingent on five men starting, merely for the sake of promoting sport and creating interest in this capital exercise; the race...
THERE will be a base-ball match to-morrow, at 3 P. M., on Holmes Field between Wesleyan and Harvard...
HEAVY batting and excellent fielding marked the playing of both nines. Nunn captured a very difficult fly and made some excellent stops. Fessenden caught a hot liner in left field. In the third inning Holden struck out; Wright hit for a base, and gained his second through the inequality of the ground where the ball struck; Howe followed with a three-base hit, the ball reaching the fence behind centre field; Nunn flied to pitcher; Sawyer made a base hit, bringing in Howe; Thayer followed with a safe hit, but Tyng closed the inning by striking out. Harvard 2, Manchester...
...absence; his catches and stops were very fine, but his throwing showed lack of practice. Wright's fine playing on first base saved Sawyer several deserved errors. Ernst, Tyng, Holden, and Howe led at the bat. Bradley, the famous pitcher of the Chicago nine, was batted all over the field, six runs being earned off of his pitching...
...return game with the New Bedfords was played in Fall River on Tuesday, April 16, and resulted in Harvard's first defeat. Our Nine played a nearly perfect fielding game, but were unable to master Bradley's new delivery, his previous defeat teaching him that his old delivery was not the right kind to oppose to Harvard's batsmen. The game was well contested through eight innings; in the ninth two earned runs were made by the New Bedfords. The injury which Ernst received in the Live Oak game rendered him very lame, and had a natural effect...