Word: tightly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University second team defeated the Holy Cross second nine yesterday afternoon by the the score of 4 to 2. The second team's scoring was done by timely hitting and base running, aided by the errors of Holy Cross at critical times. Bush was extremely effective, especially in tight places, and struck out twelve men of a very heavy hitting team. Although Holy Cross secured nine hits to the second team's four, Bush kept them so well scattered that they were of little...
...hall was packed with about 1200 men, and Mr. Houdini entertained them for about half an hour with sleight of hand tricks. He then produced a huge iron can, just large enough to contain him, and after demonstrating its soundness and air-tightness to a committee from the audience, filled it with water. He then stripped and gave a preliminary exhibition by squeezing himself in the can and remaining under water for one minute. After this he disappeared under water again, the water-tight lid was locked with six locks by the committee, and the curtain drawn...
...expresses a sentiment of respect and trust which we are sure is well deserved in the present case. By tireless work Mr. Pieper has developed from less than average material a baseball team of which the undergraduates are proud and more over a team which plays clean baseball in tight places as well as in games where the final result is never doubtful. The spirit and general behavior of a baseball team on the field are more or less what the captain and coach make them, and we are glad that Harvard games are not marred by pretty wrangles...
...without the help of Exeter's wretched fielding, which contributed enough runs to win several games, they hit the ball hard enough to win. Captain Dexter, McCall, and Slater led the list with three safe hits apiece. Slater was too much for his opponents and was never in a tight place...
...game became a pitcher's battle, with the advantage on his side. The pitching of Clay for Stone's was also of a very high order, considering that he had pitched a game on Monday. He struck out 20 men, allowed only seven hits, and proved effective in all tight places, except in the twelfth inning, when Delano hit safely and brought in the winning run. Delano excelled at the bat, getting three hits out of four times up. The batting of the rest of the team was far below the average...