Word: american
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...surrendered a almost exclusively to base-ball, the track is almost entirely neglected. At the time Myers ran his wonderful 600 and 1,000 year races on it, the course was well kept. Since then, it has 'gone to the dogs; ' for running, poor, and for walking, abominable. The American A. C. must not expect fast time at their games this spring. In proper condition, it is the best track in the country for a quarter mile, as the start is at the head of the long 120-yard back stretch, and after turning a sweeping curve, finish...
...Harvard Canoe Club is the first organization of the kind formed at an American college, though canoeing has long been popular at Oxford and Cambridge...
...meeting of th canoe club, held were adopted. This constitution is modelled after that of the American Canoe Association, with such slight changes as are necessary to adapt it to college requirements. After some discussion as to the design of the burgee to be adopted, Messrs. Frothingham, '84, and Frye, '86, were appointed to secure a design. Messrs. Frothingham, '84, and Nutter, '85, were elected members of the executive committee, of which the commodore is chairman. The club now numbers 15 members, and bids fair to become a permanent and popular institution...
four defence men, Goodale, Rueter, Williams and Bradford, proved too much for their opponents, and kept the ball well away from our goal. As a result nothing more was scored, and the game ended with the result of 3 to 0 in favor of the American team. Throughout the match the defence of the other side was clearly an over-match for our weakened offence, who seemed unable to keep the ball at their end of the field for any length of time. The Americans outran our team and excelled in throwing. For them, Gilmore and Nichols, Harvard's representatives...
...teams and positions were as follows : American, Wheeler, goal ; Hodge, point; Davis, cover point ; Cottle, Gerndt and Hall, defence field ; Balch, centre ; Gilmore, Nichols and Simpson, attack field ; Stewart and Johnson, homes. Harvard, Easton, goal ; Reuter, point ; Goodale, cover point ; Williams, Bradford and Churchill, defence field ; Abbot, centre ; Roundy, Henning and Henry, attack field ; Noyes and Woods, homes...