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...Knock the baseball sky high...
...bunching of hits in the fifth and sixth innings, the University nine won a fairly well played game from Lafayette yesterday, the score being 7 to 0. The team played with good spirit, and batted well when hits counted, but throughout the game there was a marked tendency to knock high flies. Stillman, in the first four innings, did not allow a hit and gave but one base on balls. His good work was somewhat marred by a wild pitch which advanced a runner to third base in the second inning, and by one fielding error. Clarkson, who pitched...
...base-running was somewhat counterbalanced by a long home run Kernan was slow in the field and batted awkwardly, but did some promising work behind the bat. With the exception of Reid, the rest of the team had only fair success at the bat because of useless efforts to knock the ball over the outfielders' heads. In the field Coolidge, Wendell and Devens all accepted hard chances in good style...
...pins are set up in a circle, the four white ones alternating with the four black, and each man has a pin to guard. The ball used is a polo ball. It is batted with a hockey stick. The object of the game is for each side to knock over with the ball the opponents' pins without stumbling over its own. The shinguards are used continually to protect the pins from the ball...
...nine hit safely; Adams did best, getting three hits out of five times at bat, and Rand got two hits out of three times at bat. Hayes had a tendency to knock up flies and was not able to get on base...