Word: towards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...come to some agreement. In any league which may be now formed, it should not prove difficult to guard against a repetition of the conditions which led to the present separation. Out of experience, the schools should have learned sufficient wisdom to direct with success their mutual efforts toward maintaining friendly relations with each other...
...game began as though it were to be a repetition of the last few Harvard games. Hollister, the first man at bat, put up a high foul for Scannell, and then Avil drove a hot grounder toward right. Stevenson managed just to reach it, but it was too hot to handle and Avill reached first in safety. Schoenhut was hit by the ball and trotted to first. Goeckel came up next and drove out a hit to left centre, which Rand chased under the willows. Two runs came in and Goeckel rested on third base. Rennig put up a high...
...Class Fund is still far below the average-the smallest since '85 - and unless there is an immediate large increase, the advisability of having the customary senior dinner, free, is seriously questioned. As yet only 230 men - less than half who ought to - have subscribed toward the Fund...
...more runs in the eighth. Whittemore knocked a clean hit to center, which might have been good for two bases but for a running stop by Fultz, and Scannell knocked a grounder to Lowney who attempted to get Whittemore at second, Whittemore stole the base easily and ran toward third between Donovan and Lowney...
Kilpatrick got two yards to the good on the first brush, but Hollister had him caught in half a dozen strides, and for 50 yards or so the two swept toward the tape together. Gradually Hollister forged ahead, gaining inch by inch, and won in splendid form, a yard and a half ahead of his competitor...