Word: clay
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fingers, attracted a dozen marksmen to the Watertown grounds on Wednesday. The changes made in the arrangement of the shooting shanty and the trap pits have greatly improved the grounds, and the men present seemed well pleased with the accommodations. The first match contested was at 10 clay birds, 18 yards rise, thrown from five angles. The scores were as follows: W. H. Slocum, 9; F. S. Palmer, 8; M. H. Clyde, 6; F. S. Mead, 5. On the conclusion of this match, sides were chosen for a team match. This event was at 20 clay birds, 18 yards, five...
Play will begin at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. sharp. Contestants will please be punctual as thereby they will prevent the loss of valuable time, and also will greatly assist the managers. Either the turf or clay courts may be used. The entrance fees may be paid at Bartlett's, or to the members of the executive-committee in charge at the grounds. Balls will be provided by the Association...
...Entrance fee for the singles will be 50 cents; for the doubles, $1.00. Suitable prizes will be given to the winners in both the singles and the doubles. Five grass courts will be ready on Jarvis Field. Contestants may play either on these or the clay courts, as they prefer...
...plays every afternoon it soon mounts up to a very respectable sum. While realizing the fact that the Tennis Association is in need of money to pay for the new courts and to keep them in order, which last is a very considerable item in the case of the clay courts, would not the constant player be given some advantage over the man who plays perhaps half a dozen times a year? In the base-ball games a man can buy his ticket at the gate or, if he thinks it worth his while, he can purchase a season ticket...
...requested by the Base Ball Association that men, after their play for the afternoon, will be careful to take down their nets on the clay courts, as it interferes with base ball practice...