Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...Throughout the abundant social life of William James he was so frank and so obviously friendly that it was impossible to take offence at anything he said, and this made it easier for him than for most men to strike the personal note in human intercourse. He could get at once upon a footing which made a basis of intimacy, if occasion called for this; a footing which, in any case, left each new acquaintance feeling the gates of his own mind unlocked for him. He said jokingly, one day, that when he met a new person he asked...
Hicks pitched a good game, allowing but three hits, but his support was weak at several critical points in the game. Frye and Litchfield, in the box for Exeter, pitched good ball, and though they did not register many strike-outs, they were not hit freely...
Several fielding features kept the game from being dull. In the opening inning, after Wingate had reached first base on a dropped third strike, Fox hit a liner to McLaughlin, who got to the base in time for a double play. Exeter pulled off a double play in the third inning. With Lanigan on first, Babson hit a grounder to Frye, who played the ball to second for a force-out on Lanigan and Babson was caught at first on Hennesey's throw. Wingate's catch of a foul fly near the stands in the seventh, and Vaughn's diving...
...Hennesey out in third inning for bunting on third strike...
...wild throw to the plate which let in two runs. Hicks was ineffective up to the sixth inning, and allowed eight hits, one of which was a home run. On the other hand, the Harvard batters were unable to touch S. V. White's pitching. He secured 12 strike-outs to five for Hicks, and gave no bases on balls. Only one of the errors by Princeton figured in Harvard...