Word: contest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...five days remain for the freshman eleven to prepare for the contest with Yale, but the time, short as it is, is valuable, and must be employed to the utmost. The sudden storm that has come upon us must of necessity retard the out-door work somewhat; but this obstacle will doubtless be removed in a day or so. In the meantime the freshmen must keep up their training, either by gymnasium practice or other work...
...holds a large Athletic meeting this evening at Madison Square Garden, New York. Over 250 men from Chicago, Detroit, Washington, Newcrk, Princeton College, Yale and many local clubs, have entered for the different events. A. B. George and W. T. Young, the champion cross-country runners of England, will contest against Skillman and Gilbert of America. In the foot-ball kicking contest, Bull of the Yale eleven, will compete. Roddy and Thompson of Princeton are contestants in several events...
...conditions had been more favorable, and the team had played as strongly as it has at times this fall, it would have given Princeton even a closer rub than it did. The twelve points by which we were beaten does not indicate how stubborn and close the contest was. The Harvard team played an up-hill game from the start and played it pluckily, and though the eleven proved weak in some unexpected places, and things happened which would have excused a team for going to pieces, Sears held the men well together by his coolness and courage...
...which time the constitution stated that the two leading teams of previous years shall play at New York, in which to come to her present conclusion, we do not feel in any way under obligations to grant any possible change of position on the eve of the promised contest...
...Roxbury Latin School will play the Cambridge Latin School on Cambridge Common today at 3.30 p. m. As neither team has lost a game in the interscholastic series, an interesting contest is expected...