Word: wildness
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...stand up" before Prof. John L. Sullivan for a specified time every day, perhaps the fascination would wear off, and he might be induced to give some little time and a little thought to his studies. At any event, there would in this method be an absence of that wild excitement under which most of the injurious effects of athletic sports are brought about, and there would be less likelihood that the student would sprain his ankle, break his arm, or crack his skull...
...empire for the consolidation of their young sovereignties, while almost all other privileged orders were destroyed, the universities of Germany saved a far greater nucleus of their internal freedom and of the most valuable side of this freedom, then in conscientious, conservative England, and then in France with its wild chase after freedom...
...game was called for 3 o'clock, but just before this a heavy shower came up, and delayed the game for half an hour. Yale came first to the bat. The wet grass made the ball slippery, and Winslow was obliged to give Hubbard his base on balls. A wild pitch sent him to third, and Griggs' fly to centre let him score, giving Yale her first run. Harvard did not score in the first inning, but in the second Crocker reached first on Griggs' fumble, went to second on another fumble by the same player of a ball from...
Time of game - 2 h. 20 min. Three-base hit - Hopkins. Bases on balls - Yale, 2; Harvard, 1. Wild pitches - Camp, 1; Winslow, 1. Struck out - Yale, 4; Harvard, 3. Umpire - McLean...
Baker has played a beautiful game at short and has made many brilliant stops and throws. He is too apt to throw wild on recovering from a difficult ball or a slight fumble and has sometimes showed a lack of care; with these exceptions he has played short for all it is worth. His batting has been strong and sure and his base-running good...