Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Indifference to base-ball in the springtime, is surely an anomaly. Let us hope that our devotees of the national game are but holding back, and that a goodly number will be at the Fitchburg station at 3 o'clock this afternoon...
GLEE CLUB AND PIERIAN ASSOCIATION. Members must hand back all tickets before 6 p.m. Saturday. After that time, no unsold tickets will be received at Sever...
...indispensable to activity, either of the body or of the mind, but it must be remembered that eternal vigilance is the price of health. Under the pressure of modern civilization, the nervous system is now pushing the muscular system into the background, and good health is necessary to beat back the attacks of brain diseases. Man bears a heavy load of inherited diseases, due to the errors, sins, or misfortunes of his ancestors, but a knowledge of hygienic laws and efficient sanitary regulations can effect wonders in checking disease. The sanitary system of England has decreased the death rate...
...announcement that the spring tennis tournament will be held next week, ought to bring out as many players as possible. Every man who can play at all should pluck up courage and sign the book which has been placed at Bartlett's, before Saturday evening. Let no one hold back through modesty or through fear of being beaten. The managers of the association have taken great pains to make this tournament a successful one in every respect; and all tennis players should feel called upon to assist them by entering, even if they do not feel confident of carrying...
Yesterday afternoon a fair sized audience gathered on Holmes Field to witness the class sports. There was a slight wind blowing up the back stretch. Not enough, however, to make it other than a good day for racing. Two intercollegiate records were broken. Chamberlain, '86, put the shot 40 ft, 1 1-2 in.; the previous record being 37 ft. 10 in. Bemis, '87, walked two miles in 15 m. 10 1-2 sec. breaking the previous record...