Word: badness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...both crews spurted to 40 to the minute, but the pace was too fast for the Columbia crew, who were forced to slacken, while the Atlantas drew away and finished about three lengths ahead. Time 9 m. 22s. At the end of the race the Columbia crew was quite badly used up, Mickleham, the stroke, fainting several times and Tuttle and Forte both being in a very bad condition...
...Hollis is a very trying one. Notwithstanding the fact that a cross-eyed copper drove a handful of us from the Common last year, because that was for the people and we had grounds of our own-a good half of Cambridge's male population-or perhaps a bad half-make the college yard the place for the daily exercise of their powers of locomotion and speech. Is there no other grass in the city? or no other pump? If we could stop this invasion for a week or so the habit would be weakened, and we should...
...around with great freedom Among his hits was a drive out of the ground straight over the bowler's head. Carpenter, who was unfortunately run out, J. P. Lee, and Crowninshield, all played well for their runs. The Athletic Association started their second innings, but the light was very bad, and nothing much was done. This game closes the spring season of the club. The eleven has played altogether, nine matches, winning three, and losing six. The score...
...manager in not providing money for the expenses of the team, without relying on the Yale guarantee, was careless and culpable, and forms the excuse put forward for playing the game. In the first place the game should not have been played. If the weather was considered too bad for the game, the game should have been forfeited and money telegraphed for or borrowed by the careless manager. But if a game was necessary, it should have been played in a straight-forward, manly way. That the captain of the nine should adopt the policy of delaying the game...
...deal of discussion on the subject of the respective merits of the men. A day or two after the meeting a very loud and boastful article appeared in the New York Star purporting to come from Conneff, in which he challenged Dohm to race. The article was in very bad taste, and everyone was glad to learn through a letter by Conneff, which appeared in the Clipper, that the article was ficticious, Conneff disclaiming all knowledge of it. In his letter to the Clipper, Conneff says he is willing to meet Dohm in a scratch half mile invitation race...