Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...recent meeting of the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association an attempt was made to settle the tie between Harvard and Columbia for the championship, but as Harvard's protest of the Pennsylvania game was not acted upon, the tie between Harvard and Columbia still stood. The protest was finally referred to James Garvin of the Crescent Athletic club. Since the point was purely a technical one it has now been decided by Harvard to withdraw the protest. For this reason the championship banner will be duplicated and one will be awarded to both Harvard and Columbia...
...taste in the mouth. "The Rendezvous," by E. B. Ahlborn '02, is a commonplace story with an obvious and unnecessarily pointed moral. "In the Elk Fields," by J. C. G. is a vivid bit of life-like description. The color is good and the writer happily does not attempt anything beyond him in word-painting. Of the two pieces of verse, the sonnet "To a Wilderness," by F. R. Dickinson' 03, attempts rather too much and does not end strongly...
...Sodality has been so successful that the same general plan of work will be followed next fall. The popular concerts in Sanders Theatre will be a special feature of the season and the customary number of musicale's will be given in the neighborhood of Cambridge and Boston. An attempt will be made to engage for the entire season a professional coach, who will take charge of the regular weekly rehearsals. During the past season the members have been helped at different times by Mr. Strube of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but no regular coach has been employed...
Only Harvard's good work in the field saved the game from being uninteresting. Harvard's base running showed dash and judgment, but Pennsylvania did not once attempt to steal a base...
...first inning Collier and Huston bunted safely, Collier going to third on the attempt to catch Huston at first. Flavell sacrificed, scoring Collier, but the next two men were easy outs. For Harvard, Kendall was hit by a pitched ball and Loughlin bunted safely. Reid forced Loughlin at second. Kernan, running for Reid, stole second and scored with Kendall on Wendell's single to centre. Wendell stole second and scored on Deven's three-base hit past Huston. Fincke's out on a long fly brought Devens in. Clark ended the inning by going out at first. With...