Word: steals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...third as he had second Bannister was thrown out by Henshaw to Campbell. For Harvard Wiestling ticked the ball into right field, but no one was there. On the first ball pitched he made for second but Bannister dropped the ball, and Wiestling could not be credited with a steal. He stole third, however, making a splendid slide and was declared safe by the umpire much to the disgust of many partisans present. Foster made a slow hit to short-stop who fielded him out at first but Wiestling had scored. Campbell came to the bat and knocked the ball...
...Princeton's sands the far reflections steal...
...hour of midnight strikes. The more illustrious and more sedate of the company steal quietly away to home and bed; but they are not missed. Songs are being roared out at the top of stentorian lungs. Most of the students are, of course, German; but there are enough from England, America, Switzerland, Egypt, yea and Japan, to give a cosmopolitan flavor to the gathering. "The Watch on the Rhine," "God Save the Queen," and "Hail Columbia" are all roared out together in amiable discord. Some student conceives the gay notion of beating time on the table with his beer...
...Smith and Marsh struck out. Harvard. Wiestling and Smith got bases on balls and went third and second on Bremner's muff of Phillips' fly. Wiestling came home on Nichols' long fly to left. Willard made a safe hit, Sheppard fumbled it, and Phillips came home. Willard tried to steal second and went...
Amherst went first to the bat. Stuart knocked a grounder between third and short, which was prettily handled by Wiestling, who threw him out at first. Marble made a hit and was thrown out ??? attempting to steal second. Coates got his base on balls, stole second, and look third on a passed ball, but was left there as the next man struck...