Word: badger
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Besides the regular delegates there were a number of base-ball men seen about the corridors, who rendered valuable professional assistance. Chief among those from Yale were noticed Bremner and Badger, who have filled important positions on the Yale nines of the past. F. W. Smith, '86, and James A. Frye, captain of the champion CRIMSON nine, were present also. Representatives from Spalding of Chicago and Reach of Philadelphia advocated the advantages of their respective firms...
...Haven, on Monday night, another mass meeting was called to decide whether or no the committee's adverse report should be accepted. It was accepted almost unanimously. All the Yale graduates who were consulted on the subject - among them Wyllys Terry, Walter Camp, George Adee, Walter Badger, and Sam Bremner - were opposed to the scheme; and their opposition seems to have converted all those who had previously inclined the other way. Like the chicken who was convinced that the sky was falling, when a rose leaf dropped upon her back, the dim suspicion of an "alliance" between Harvard and Princeton...
Prior to the dinner the annual meeting was held in one of the parlors of the Parker House and the election of officers took place with the following result: President, W. W. Crapo; secretary, Marcus Morton, Jr., 1883; treasurer, W. J. Badger, 1882; vice-presidents, Samuel J. Elder, 1873; Samuel C. Darling, 1864; Prof. E. J. Hincks, 1866; Dr. F. I. Knight, 1862; F. W. Kittredge, 1865. - Extracts from Boston Herald...
Lost Umbrella. Somebody took a new silk umbrella, 26 in natural wood handle, Badger's make, from the noth-east corner-hole of the front umbrella rack in the Auditors office, Wednesday noon November 17, between 12.30 and 1.15 p.m. Will please return it to J. W. Mack, Law School or 77 Cambridge street...
...noted his sudden change, from laughing carelessness to that of frightened horror at the death of the old sea captain in the prologue. There is a lapse of twenty years between the prologue and first act, and it seems strange that all the other characters but Tom Badger, Mr. Boniface, should grow old; but this is a very minor point. The fire scene in the fifth act is, as stated on the programme, "one of the most realistic scenes on the stage." The other members of the company are only fairly good...