Word: clay
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Louisville Courier-Journal, noting the rise of ball players, remarks : "Among the old-time ball players who made 'home runs' at the late election was Robert E. Pattison, the governor-elect of Pennsylvania, who played first-base in 1867 and 1868 for the Harry Clay Club of Philadelphia, a well-known amateur organization. Something has long been needed to give an impetus to our national game, and if the players are inspired by the hope of office, we may expect that the material interests of the sport will advance...
...Columbia College till his death in '72. Lieber was widely known as a writer on economics and International Law, but readers will now find most interest in his acquaintance with prominent men here and abroad-with Niebuhr, Humbolt, the present Emperor of Germany, and Jerome Bonaparte; with Story, Webster, Clay, Sumner, Agassiz and Longfellow. Among the many valuable letters chosen by Mr. Perry, one in particular gives Lieber's personal recollections of the battle of Waterloo, and others present a striking picture of the state of feelings in the slave States just before...
Athletics are booming here as usual. A number of tennis courts have been laid out. The courts are of clay, hard and smooth. They covered the back campus between the grounds to the president's mansion and Edwards Hall. All day long there are a few players exercising themselves, and between twelve and two every court of the twenty or thirty is occupied...
...gosh darn fool; he got mad last night 'cuz I took out my clay pipe, the cussed fool. He said it wasn't emetic, or somethin' like that. I'd like to see'm take a good whiff at it. He'd think is was mighty emetic, I guess. How are you fellers gettin' along out there, any way? I tell you, the college aint what it used to be when my friend Edward Everett was there. I sent in my application for professor of chonology - keep the clock in order, you know - and they never noticed it. When they...
...Chains for clay makes Love, the golden...