Word: courting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...critically as you please, and you cannot find a weak spot, Many people have an idea that W. Renshaw's strength is in his volleying and smashing, but this was entirely disproved in his match against Lawford, when he showed himself as strong at the back of the court as at the net. His play in the first set of the championship match was admitted by all the best judges to be the most correct and brilliant exhibition of the game ever seen, and it was, indeed, a treat to witness...
...those men who received torches in Bromfield street or Provinces Court last Wednesday night will please leave 25 cents at Bartlett's in payment for them. The Committee have received a bill for $38.00 and every man who received a torch last Wednesday is bound to make good his share of this expense...
...route of the procession Thursday night will not be very long, probably not requiring much more than two hours to pass over. The procession will start at 8.15 P. M. from Common-wealth ave., Dartmouth, Boylston, Berkeley, Columbus ave., Chester Park, Washington, Worcester, Tremont, Eliot, Washington, Hanover, Court, Scollay square, Tremont, Park...
...those men who received torches in Bromtield street or Province Court last Wednesday night will please leave 25 cents at Bartlett's in payment for them. The Committee have received a bill for $38.00 and every man who received a torch last Wednesday is bound to make good his share of this expense...
...communication upon the tennis courts of the college, which we print this morning contains a suggestion which it would be well to heed. All tennis players know how unsatisfactory a court is for practice, which is neither turf nor gravel. If the association could only afford to lay out clay courts, the results would undoubtedly be perfectly satisfactory. As it is, the best thing that can be done is to remove the ragged tufts of grass, and make the courts over into smooth earthen floors...