Word: amateur
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...probable that a practice game will be arranged for Saturday with some amateur club it is necessary that all the old members of the university twelve and all others desirous of obtaining a place on the team should be on Jarvis today and Thursday...
During the cane rush at Cornell one enterprising amateur secured an instantaneous photograph of the scrimmage...
Yale, '88, has a pitcher who had great success in playing with amateur nines this summer. On one occasion he struck out seventeen...
...playing that has been shown by the scrub nines thus far this season, this result may be fairly regarded as extremely problematical. At any rate we would encourage the formation of these scrub teams. Let it be hoped then, that the next two weeks may witness many games between "amateur" nines...
...Manchester, England, Recently, a tennis match was played between Heathcote, the English amateur champion and Thomas Pettitt, the American champion, with the following result: First set, Heathcote, six games to four. Second set. Pettitt six games to three. Third set, Pettitt six games to none. Fourth set, Pettitt, six games to two; thus the American champion was the victor by three sets...