Word: attempts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...played did either side get a man to second base. In the fourth inning Harvard had a man on third and two men out. In the fifth and in the ninth innings the conditions were similar. Brown missed a chance to score in the fourth inning by Clark's attempt to score from first base on a single to centre field. In the seventh inning Brown again reached third base, but except for these two times not a Brown man reached second until the tenth inning...
Only a small number of men were present at the preliminary meeting of the Band on Saturday afternoon, and no attempt at rehearsal was made. At least twenty-five men are expected to come out next week, however, and it is probable that the Band will play at the baseball game on Saturday. Meanwhile new music will be secured in preparation for the Yard concerts, which will begin about the last week in May and continue every Thursday evening through the rest of the year...
...Golf Club has been unsuccessful in its attempt to find suitable grounds on which to lay out new links. The lease of the Adams estate, on which the old links were situated, has run out, and it was considered inadvisable to renew it. The lease provided that at any time roads might be cut through the estate, and last summer this was done, reducing the number of holes from nine...
...together with some individual pair-oar practice and improvement has been noticeable from the first. The main object in the coaching, thus far, has been to get the men accustomed to their positions in the boat, and to instill into them the first principles of good oarsmanship, rather than attempt to develop any speed. Owing to the large number of men who have had experience on their school crews the first boats are rowing well together and with a fair degree of finish...
...negative position secures every advantage of the affirmative and we do not injure the prosperity of the island while we attempt to upbuild it. We furthermore argue for the right of Congress to deal with the island as needs demand...