Word: amateur
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...base hits to 38. They averaged only 3 errors to a game, a very creditable showing, and, in fact, their work on the whole was of the best character, and proves that Columbia has material for a club that will compete favorably with the strongest amateur nine in the country...
...amateur Athletic association of Canada holds its annual spring games at Montreal...
...very unfortunate that anything should have occurred which would mar the good temper and spirit of friendly contest which has heretofore characterized the "amateur" ball games. The action of one of the nines in claiming a forfeiture on Monday last, when the game had been postponed by the manager of the university team, who possessed the right to do so, was uncalled for, and cannot be defended. The game will no doubt be played off to the satisfaction of both nines, and we trust that the result will be acquiesced in by all without any further discussion...
Special circulars addressed to Yachtsmen and Pilots and to amateur photographers may be had on application...
...right of even so high an authority as the Manager of the H. U. B. B. C. to postpone this game as a favor to one captain, without consulting or notifying the other, and in view of the facts stated above, we hereby enter our claim to the "Amateur Championship," this the final and deciding game having been forfeited to us by the umpire in accordance with the rules published in the CRIMSON of the 14th...