Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...defeated the strong Columbia team in the first game of the Northern intercollegiate Lacrosse League in the Stadium yesterday afternoon by the score of 5 to 2. The teams played evenly in the first half, which ended in a tie, each side having scored twice, although Columbia had a slight advantage. The superior endurance and team-play of the University team began to tell towards the end of the game, and just before time was called three goals were scored in rapid succession...
Davis will start the game in the box, but will probably be replaced by Hicks. Brown will go in at centre field in place of Harvey, who is temporarily incapacitated by a strained tendon. A slight change has been made in the batting order, Briggs and Brown having changed places...
Ernst pitched for six innings and was then replaced by Babson. Blackall played first base in place of Kennedy, who is out of the game temporarily on account of a slight injury. Somerville scored only in the eighth inning when three runs were brought in by safe hits by McDonald and Donahue...
...this afternoon at 4 o'clock. This game will be a decided test of the team's ability, as Somerville High has one of the strongest school nines in the vicinity of Boston. A temporary change has been made in the regular Freshman line up on account of a slight injury to Kennedy, who has been playing first base regularly. Blackall, who has been playing in the outfield, will start the game in his place, and Reeves may also be tried out. Ernst and Babson will pitch...
...finish it was choppy. It was not until after a false start, caused by the pistol's missing fire, that the crews finally got away. The University crew, rowing 39 to the minute, went into the lead on the second stroke. Columbia was rowing 38. After securing a slight advantage, Sargent dropped the stroke to about 35, and the University crew passed the quarter-mile mark a third of a length ahead. At this point Columbia was still struggling desperately at 36 to the minute. At the half-mile the University crew led by half a length, and, although...