Word: tower
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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Prex built that festive tower...
...most part of new men, or of those who had appeared for the first time the previous year. Hooper pitched, but his delivery had ceased to be effective; Thatcher caught; Kent, the captain, played first base; F. W. Thayer, '78, second; Leeds, short stop; Tyng, third; with Tower, Ernst, and Latham in the field. Sixteen games were played, of which only seven were won. Yale won the series in two consecutive games of 9 to 4, and 11 to 4, respectively. Three games with the Bostons proved more disastrous than usual. The Princeton was the only college club over which...
...several names since famous here are noticed among the players, especially those of Ernst, Leeds, Tower, and Thatcher. But the year was one of defeats: Princeton won two games; Yale won two, thus getting the championship for the first time, and also whitewashing us by 4 to 0. This is a fitting place to close this record of the first period of our Nine's history, for in 1875 several changes were introduced into the game, notably the substitution of curve pitching for the old-time under-arm pitching...
...crumbling tower of flame...