Word: around
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Association Hall, Boston, to-morrow afternoon, Rev. Dr. McKenzie will speak to college men. A series of Sunday afternoon meetings for college men in and around Boston was begun on January 22d, and has been continued on the succeeding Sundays. To-morrow will be the fifth Sunday in the course. All students in any department of the University are invited to be present...
...position. This divides the cage into two parts, and affords a narrow alley for battery work or throwing, while regular fielding and batting is practiced in the larger enclosure. Three batteries can thus be kept at work at the same time with safety. There is a narrow sawdust track around the inside of the cage on a level with the regular surface, and included as a part of the available space for base-ball practice. There is a space for fielding practice, throwing to bases first and second, from the catcher's position, batting, to a limited extent base running...
...call them "universities." It is a new example of the old fable of the frog and the ox. The frog envied the size of the ox, and though that by puffing himself full of air he might become his equal. And so we see balloon-like universities springing up around us on all sides with no foundation but a little money and a big name...
...eight candidates seem to be rowing pretty well considering the constant changes which have been made in their make-up. The men complain considerably about the new rowing room. The machines, they say, are utterly bad. It is also disadvantageous for the two bow men to row around the corner, owing to the shortness of the room. Considering these hindrances, the time of the crew is fairly good. As a whole, the men are inclined to row short and are slow about getting their arms away...
...never pick the ball up with your hands, but you must carry it along just the same. If the ground is good, you can keep the ball on the ground and still take it down the field and still take it down the field by dribbling it along, dodging around the players on the other side as they get in front of you. If the ground is bad and you can't dribble the ball, you have to use the head for passing. Many a time I have been down the whole length of the field with two others, carrying...