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Word: piteous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...really did not make much difference what sort of a game Harvard put up at the bat, when she fielded so bunglingly, and yet the spectacle was piteous. Eleven hits were made, and only two runs resulted. Here Princeton's superiority was very marked. Her batsmen worked well together, and their hits came in bunches. The freshmen did not throw into their work the life and dash that bring victory; they seemed contented when they had men on bases, and, as a matter of fact, they left twelve of them. Princeton played a very steady game throughout, and deserved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baseball. | 5/22/1893 | See Source »

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