Word: attack
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harold Munro Battelle was born in Boston, May 8, 1870, and hence was a little over 22 years old when he died. In 1882 he entered the Roxbury Latin School and was graduated from there in 1888. While at the school he had a severe attack of pneumonia, the recovery from which left his lungs peculiarly weak. So sensitive were they that it was deemed best he should rest for the next year before entering college. In February, 1889, Battelle, in company with a brother and a friend, went to a place near Colorado Springs. The bracing air of Colorado...
...chess game with Yale which Harvard opened with the Scotch Gambit has been finished and the result is a victory for Harvard. The attack was well defended by Yale until the sixteenth move when Harvard forced an exchange of queens. Further exchanges left Harvard's Pawns in so strong a position that on the thirty-fourth move Yale was forced to resign. The Ruy Lopez game is still about even. The moves made since those published in the CRIMSON of May 22 are as follows...
...large navy. - (1) In case of war between foreign nations. - (a) To preserve her neutrality; Rep. of Sec. of Navy, p. 32 - (b) To protect American citizens living abroad. Cong. Rec. vol. 20, pt. 2, p. 1440; - (2) If involved in war. - (a) to guard her coasts from foreign attack; Forum vol. 6, p. 370; vol. 9, pp. 326, 327; - (b) To protect her commerce. - (c) To prey upon the commerce of the enemy as in 1812; History of the U. S., Adams, vol. II p. 160. - (3) In time of peace. - (a) To add weight to her demands...
...Yale-Princeton chess tournament is drawing to a close, and Princeton seems tolerably sure of winning. In the Ruy Lopez game Yale has broken Princeton's attack, and rendered the result doubtful, but in the Evans gambit Princeton has gained such an advantage that Yale will probably resign after a few more moves...
Rule 11. In all competitions the decision shall be given in favor of the competitor who displays the best style and obtains the greatest number of points. The points shall be: For attack, direct clean hits with the knuckles of either hand on any part of the front or sides of the head, or body above the belt; defence, guarding, slipping, ducking, counter-hitting, or getting away. Where points are otherwise equal, consideration to be given the man who does most of the leading...