Word: contest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...contest for the N. Y. interscholastic championship cup Saturday Cutler's School secured 43 points. Harvard school was second with...
...NATURAL form of disapproval of the conduct of a visiting team or of some member of that team, is a tendency to hiss. Often when the contest is close and the crowd in a state of excitement, men will give vent to their feelings over some unfair play by roundly hissing the man who made it, However reprehensible his conduct may be, this way of condemning it is about as ungentlemanly as the unfair play itself. It certainly is against the spirit of the University. A visiting team no matter what its principles may be, must be looked upon...
...second meeting of the shooting club this year, at which the founder's cup was competed for was held yesterday afternoon on Soldier's Field. The contest was very close. Hechscher winning the cup. which if won four times in succession. or eight times it all becomes the property of the winner. The founders cup will again be competed for next week, and the captain wishes as many men as possible to attend the shoots which are held every Tuesday and Friday. The shooting of all the men to-day was very good, but as many good shooters as possible...
...Yale men made a desperate and plucky fight for which they deserve much praise. The score does not indicate the closeness of the contest. Up to the last event but one, the outcome was in doubt, and we all were kept in a state of almost painful suspense. The Yale runners showed grit and perseverance and in spite of their defeat, did credit to themselves and to their university...
...Lathrop, whose skill has always triumphed over adverse circumstances, and we believe that they will bring honor to themselves and the University. There is no need to urge up on the team the necessity of working for every possible point. The men realize the closeness of the contest and will enter their respective events with a perfectly clear idea of what they must do and, do it we are confident they will...