Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...come from all the crews; but none seem to be in better condition than the 'Varsity Eight of Columbia. They are an especially fine lot of young fellows in appearance, and their friends will be grieviously disappointed if they do not give a good account of themselves in their contest against Harvard-so good, indeed, that Harvard will be left far behind. Their chances for victory are more than fair, as will be seen by an article in our local columns. They are the heaviest crew but one that Columbia has ever turned out, and as there is never...
...following is the standing of the different colleges in the inter-collegiate contest...
There are but two more games to be played, '88 vs. '86, and '88 vs. '85; '87 being out of the contest...
Yesterday the lacrosse twelve returned from one of the longest and the most successful trips ever made by a Harvard athletlc team. Victory crowned the efforts of our men in every contest, and at the end, the score was four victories and no defeats, and a total of 23 goals won to 4 lost. Never has there been a finer lacrosse team in any of the colleges, and it is doubtful if there was ever a better one of native American players than the one which represents Harvard this year. The exhibition of team play was very fine...
...OFLRICHS TOURNAMENT.Saturday the tournament for the Oelrichs challenge cup was played, under the direction of the National Lacrosse Association. Six clubs were entered, Williamsburgh, Princeton, Stevens Institute, University of New York, Druids of Baltimore, and Harvard. The general expectation in New York was that Williamsburgh would win. The contest took place in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Occasional showers of rain made the ground slippery and treacherous under the players' feet. The first game was between the Druids and Stevens Institute. The Druids won after a hard fought contest, by a score of four goals to three. Williamsburg and Harvard played...