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Word: backstop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game today, the seats to the right of the entrance (around the backstop) will be reserved for ladies and their escorts ; those behind third base for holders of green tickets, which must be shown in every instance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/10/1884 | See Source »

...first of the series of four games for the baseball championship of Yale and Harvard will be played Saturday. The arrangement of seats will be much the same as last year. The seats from the right of the entrance to the backstop will be reserved for ladies and their escorts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/7/1884 | See Source »

...seats on Jarvis have been again placed in position suitable for witnessing baseball matches, and the backstop has been rebuilt. The field which had an unusual appearance last fall to meet the wants of football has now its old time look...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 3/26/1884 | See Source »

...order to play Lacrosse successfully a properly kept ground is as necessary as in the case of tennis. And it was the purpose of the Association to improve the ground considerably by removing several trees and by filling in and grading behind the backstop. They were told by the President, however, not to go to any expense in the matter, as the portion of field near Oxford Street was about to be occupied by the new Physical Laboratory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 10/28/1881 | See Source »

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