Word: runners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sale-The very handsome thoroughbred Kentucky saddle horse "Craftsman"; sire, "Fellowcraft," the great four-mile runner; dam, "Dixie." Weighs about 950 lbs., age 5 years, color dark bay. Is a very fast runner and a fine jumper. Also goes very well in harness. Warranted perfectly sound and quiet in every way. Can be seen at private stable, corner Walnut Ave. and Elmore street, Roxbury...
...last year's half-backs, kicks fairly well, but the ball goes too high in the air. Graves, the full back of last season's Andover eleven is playing half-back with Morrison at present. He is a stout, well built man and a tolerably fast runner. He is one of the best of the new men. Shaw, '90, is playing full back and gives promise of becoming a good...
...Wendell, jr., a member of the freshmen class, is a brother of E. J. Wendell, Harvard's famous runner...
...eratic delivery, and although his throwing to bases was poorer he played a better game than he usually does and deserves great credit. Mumford's game at second was steady and sure, where he had to handle grounders, but he was intolerably slow in putting the ball on the runner attempting to steal second. Between them Choate and Mumford did not get a man out at second although they had six opportunities to do so. Bingham pitched a fair game, but allowed two runs to be scored on wild pitches...
...yells and given a little real advice at critical moments, their coaching would have been of some use. Let me give some examples: Three times men were on third base when long flies were hit to the out-field, and in each instance the coach failed to have the runner stand on the bag until the ball was caught and then run home. In two of these instances a run was clearly sacrificed, in the other the player was fortunately batted home. Twice during the game, owing to poor coaching, double plays were made by cutting off men after...