Word: contest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...competent advisory committee, there is no reason why Harvard should not turn out a good crew this year from the excellent material now in college. Unless the tables are turned soon, the interest in rowing will decline, for neither college can maintain any excitement over a continually one-sided contest...
...publish today an interesting summary of the aquatic contests in which the Harvard 'Varsity crews have taken part during the last four decades. The history of these intercollegiate races as it is thus outlined is very entertaining and instructive. Today the contest is narrowed down to a dogged struggle between two crews; formerly all the elements of a fine display were present. The changes which have taken place in the art of rowing since the days when the races were rowed on Lake Quinsigamond or Lake Saratoga, and when Harvard and Yale were willing to meet the crews...
Today the University crew leaves Cambridge for New London, and we hope many men will gather to give them a hearty send-off. For nearly six months the men on the crew have been training hard and faithfully, and in less than two weeks the contest they have been working to win is to take place. There is no doubt that the best material available has been utilized, and the crew Harvard puts on the water is the best that careful coaching and faithful work of captain and men could make. We believe, in spite of the continuous disparagement...
Next Thanksgiving has been fixed as the date for the Intercollegiate Chess Association contest. Harvard, Columbia and Princeton are the contestants...
...cannot too strongly advise all those who enjoy cricket and those who have never seen a game before, to be present at the match on Holmes Field to-day. Although the contest will probably be too one-sided to be breathlessly exciting, the pleasure of seeing some of the best cricketers in this country should be enough to bring out a large crowd. The Pennsylvania cricket team has two members of the celebrated American cricket team which went to England three summers ago, as well as several other well-known players. The Harvard eleven should receive some support from...