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Word: bowling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...singles is a solid silver pitcher, beautifully chased, and worth over $150. This will be known as the "New England Championship Prize," and must be won three times, not necessarily consecutively, to become the property of any one. In addition to this, the winner will receive a silver bowl outright. The second prize in the singles will be an antique toddy kettle on a crane. The prizes in the doubles will be cut glass punch bowls in cases. The tournament will be conducted under the rules of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Tournament. | 6/15/1887 | See Source »

...annual "bowl fight" between the sophomores and freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania will not be held this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/5/1887 | See Source »

...meeting of the class of '89 of the University of Pennsylvania, it was decided to give up the traditional bowl fight, and to commend this action to further classes as a precedent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/22/1887 | See Source »

When it is considered how many men bowl every day, there seems to be sufficient reason that the old balls and pins should be replaced with new ones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1886 | See Source »

Brinley, '87, of Trinity, the winner of the singles in the Inter-Collegiate Tennis Tournament, received a beautifully decorated bowl made out of an elephants tusk and trimmed with solid silver...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/21/1886 | See Source »

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