Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...close and full of excitement. The former relied on Young's pitching and the team's base running to win the game. Harvard relied on their batting and Highland's pitching to give them the victory. As it turned out, Young was apparently no more difficult to hit than any of the pitchers whom Harvard has faced this year, while Highlands fully met the expectation of the Harvard supporters. He was rather wild once or twice, and gave four men bases on balls, besides making a bad throw to Dickinson. However, he kept perfectly cool under the most trying circumstances...
...Harvard, Hallowell played perfectly, accepting every chance, however difficult, and pounding Young right and left. Corbett had little to do in right field, but he made a hit which completely stunned Young as well as the rest of the Princeton nine. In the infield Cook played magnificently. All of his chances were on balls that were unusually swift and difficult to manage, and his throwing was perfect. Frothingham had some hard balls to handle, but played steadily and with much judgment. Under the circumstances surrounded as he was by a hooting, howling mob of men, Mason did as well...
...game was called soon after 3, with Princeton first at the bat, King, their strongest hitter, stood up expecting to knock the ball out of the grounds. Highlands smilingly helped him to a strike-out. Young also met the same fate. Mackenzie was hit on the foot and took his base, only to be caught between bases by Highlands and Hovey. Harvard then came in. Cook started off with the prettiest kind of a single, which lightly danced along the third base line to left field. Mason put another to left field, advancing Cook a base. Hallowell then repeated...
...second Princeton failed again to score, going out in one, two, three order, - and Harvard followed her example leaving Paine at first, which he had reached by being hit by the ball...
...third inning it looked as though Princeton would tie the score. Trenchard got as far as third, but was thrown out on Guild's hit. The next two men got out and left Guild at second. Mason hit a grounder to Ramsdell, and went to first while the fielder played with the ball. On a passed ball he got to second, and scored, on Hallowell's hit to Guild, who tried to throw him out at the plate unsuccessfully...