Word: covers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Calhoun struck out. Noyes hit a fly to short right field, which was immediately surrounded by a group of Harvard men. At the last moment, Howland made a grab for the ball but missed it. In the meantime, Noyes was running to second, as no one had thought to cover that base. Campbell picked up the ball and, by good running, reached second before Noyes, retiring the side...
...Downs-A pretty bat, but not very reliable; a particularly clever fielder at cover point, which position he has played in the Young America for several years...
...accumulation of interest. The balance in the hands of the trustees will yield not more than enough to pay the salary of the director. An appeal is to be made to the state authorities for a sufficient appropriation to give the institution funds to cover the annual expenses...
...finding himself set down in the whirl of events without an understanding of their causes; and to counteract this result a course in the topics of the day is needed. The field of the course would, to be sure, be changeable, but in general it should cover the history and present statutes of pending movements and changes in American and European politics. Beside this it should include a discussion of any subjects of general interest, for example the labor movement. Only by some such training, however acquired, does a man feel himself able intelligently to cope with the questions...
...repaid by subscriptions and is now reduced to $400. Your correspondent of Tuesday was wrong in saying that the back-nets were paid for by subscription. Every cent which was subscribed last year was for the reduction of the debt. The receipts from the courts do little more than cover the expenses of keeping the courts in order and sending delegates to the intercollegiate tournament. During the last two years the setting out of back-nets, the placing a of hydrant on Jarvis, and the purchase of material for renewing worn-out courts, all necessitated extra expenditures and made...