Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Base-running is now the special qualification looked for by many club managers seeking to make up strong teams. Selecting a team according to batting averages is played out. The success of the Chicago team in 1882 was largely due to their good base-running and fielding...
William H. Glenny, one of Buffalo's most prominent citizens, and one of the largest crockery dealers and importers between New York and Chicago, died at Buffalo yesterday, aged sixty-five...
...matter of general public knowledge, there can be no doubt that many who would otherwise be deterred from entering Harvard, owing to the great distance and expense of the trip, would thereby be induced to enter. By the establishment of admission examinations at Cincinnati, San Francisco and Chicago, the corporation has shown that it recognizes the force of this influence in preventing or inducing men to enter college, and undoubtedly if it should bring its influence to bear it could secure the desired reductions...
...annual catalogue of the Harvard Club of Chicago is out. The club is in a flourishing condition, with 102 members. The officers are Walter C. Larned, '71, president; Henry S. Boutwell, '76, secretary, and Francis Almy, '79, treasurer...
...exhibition games Chicago has won, having five games to Providence four. This result places Providence second without a doubt, for according to her own agreement these games would decide the championship if the technicality about the Chicago-Buffalo games was decided in her favor, otherwise they would be merely exhibition games...