Word: big
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Another big athletic day has arrived; a day without the concentration of interest that goes with the eventful football Saturday, but of equal importance because of the number of contests and the number of Harvard athletes who are taking part. A dual meet with Yale, in which a victory will mean permanent possession of the nine-year cup, in itself has created unprecedented enthusiasm, not only because of the trophy at stake, but because of the conflict of authorities in picking the probable winner. In addition the Harvard nine meets its Princeton rivals in the first of the championship games...
...team yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field by the score of 12 to 3. In the seventh inning Hewson, the Tufts pitcher, was hit freely with a result of six runs for the second team. Errors were numerous on both sides, but timely hits gave Harvard the advantage and a big lead. The feature of the game was a home run by Marshall of the second team in the eighth inning...
...each man whose name appeared upon the petition. He has pledged himself to remember that athletics are not his chief aim in life; and to attend strictly to the duties prescribed by the College authorities. We must hear no more complaints about empty class-rooms on the days of big games, and there must be no more cause for the well-founded objections to "vacations of recuperation." The maintenance of athletics is, we trust, by the wording of the petition, about to pass into the students' hands. If they want their games, they must stick to their promise and prove...
...drills, but has recovered sufficiently to row in the race next Wednesday. The position of stroke, made vacant by the loss of Ingram who was perhaps the greatest factor in the success of the crew last year, has been the most difficult to fill. Kinkaid, the new stroke, is big and powerful, but lacks experience, as he has never stroked before. The other men in the boat have almost all been developed from last year's second crew...
...among the pleasantest features of a class's career. A pop-night undoubtedly has some advantages over a dinner,--chiefly in the avoidance of all publicity. Whichever way the preference lies, a pop-night was the choice, and it is for 1910 to make tonight's affair a big success...