Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lead at the first stake boat and maintained it to the end, making the last mile in 8 minutes. Rand crossed the line 12 minutes after, and Frothingham 10 minutes later. The second event was the single paddling race, in which there were five entries. This race was close and well contested throughout by three canoes, two contestants giving out before the three-fourths turn. Livingston came in first, closely followed by Webster and Walsh in the order named. The wind had by this time freshened considerably, and consequently paddling was not a little difficult. The third event...
...close of his remarks Professor Cooke was heartily applauded...
...what he says. We should say nothing about the matter, but that it is liable to be repeated. We look forward to other victories for our nine, and every advance in Harvard's prospects for the championship must be attended with increase of enthusiasm. The contest will be a close one. Neither Yale nor Amherst has as yet lost more games than Harvard, so that their chances for the championship are equal to ours; and neither of these nines has been defeated by any nine except Harvard. In view of the promised excitement in the contest between these three colleges...
...winning the cup. Judging from the faithful training which the candidates for the Mott Haven team have practiced during the past season, we may confidently expect that Harvard will again win the cup which has so many years been placed to her credit. The contest will probably be more close and exciting than for many years, but we see no reason to doubt the ability of Harvard to repeat her former victories as long as our team contains the athletes who have made themselves famous in inter-collegiate sports...
...result of the exhibition game at Cambridge we can be reasonably confident of the result of today's game, still a glance at the score of the exhibition game will show that a little more luck in bunching the hits by Harvard would have altered the score materially. A close game may be expected, and all who can, should go and give the nine all the encouragement in their power...