Word: fields
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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CANDIDATES for the Nine are practising every day on Jarvis Field...
...past and the future, surrounded by these memorials of others' greatness, one involuntarily reverts to the actions of one's own life to see what has been done that renders one worthy to be handed down to posterity. My deeds of valor, displayed on many a gory field when our country was in peril, are recorded in the sacred pages of history; in peace unable to divest myself of the military habits formed by four years of arduous service, I continued to follow the occupation for which I was best adapted by nature and most familiar by practice. But here...
...only was the last contest with Yale noteworthy as being one of the most splendid of our victories, but also because in it Tyng, Ernst, and Wright played for the last time with Harvard. The departure of three such men, whose reputation on the ball-field will long be kept alive by succeeding classes, is an event of no small interest to the University...
...Inning. Walden and Hopkins knock easy flies to Coolidge; Watson earns first, and is running to third on a hit to the out-field by Ripley, but he is thrown out, by Winsor to Holden. This brilliant play saves a run. Tyng, for Harvard, goes out on a fly to right-field; Ernst reaches first base on a missed third-strike; Wright steps up to bat, and earns two bases on a long liner out to left field, bringing Ernst home, amidst great excitement. Winsor gets to second by an error of centre-field; and a base-hit will give...
...Inning. Camp, Clark, and Walden are quickly disposed of. Then Tyng opens the inning for Harvard, by sending a fly to centre-field. Ernst luckily gets his base on called balls, and Wright again takes his turn at the bat - again driving the ball to left field for two bases. Ernst scores, but Wright is left on third, as Winsor and Olmstead are put out. 1 run. Yale 4, Harvard...