Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...list for tickets to New York by the Fall River Line will close tomorrow at 1 A. M., and if at that time not more than fifty (50) names are down, no arrangements will be made as it would be useless to arrange for so small a number...
...direct overthrow. There is one evil in connection with the rule of an unrestricted delivery of the ball which requires careful consideration so as to put a stop to it, and that is the effort to intimidate the batsman by willfully throwing the ball at him, or so close to him as to amount to the same thing. For years past the rules governing the calling of strikes and balls have been such as to give undue advantage to the pitcher, and also to prevent the necessary freedom of action in batting requisite in acquiring the art of placing...
...around Yale's territory in a threatening manner. During the confusion Yale really made a safety, but owing to an agreement made before the game it did not come under the definition of a safety in this year's rules. Princeton tried hard to score and kept the ball close on Yale's goal nearly the whole three quarters, but Yale at last forced it away and were lining out for a try-at-goal before the Jersey men's posts when the time was called. The second three-quarters started off with a rush, and Yale tried to measure...
...safety. Several very questionable decisions were given by the referee, which seemed rather to arise from poor attention to the game or ignorance of the rules than from partisan spirit. The burden, however, fell almost entirely on Harvard. The second half was merely a farce, still two very close decisions deprived Harvard of touchdowns. Dott, of the Michigan team did some capital playing...
...large in consequence of moving to the new quarters and fitting them up, and in consequence of the necessary employment of an additional clerk in the office. On the first of November the society had to its credit four hundred dollars. The estimated expenses between that date and the close of the fiscal year are nine hundred dollars. The society must therefore earn five hundred dollars in this period. Every effort will be made by the superintendent and the directors for the accomplishment of this object, and it is hoped every effort will be made by the members...