Word: dashes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...latter causes must be attributed the dash and vigor of his fighting. But this attribute did not exist alone. Nor can one say that the southern volunteer did not possess perseverance and patience under hardship. The long marches, short battles and wonderful retreats showed his abilities in this line in Stonewall Jackson's brilliant campaigns...
...hopes of seeing some game running were not disappointed, but none of their favorites obtained a place in any of the events. The games were held in the old Madison Square Garden on an eight lap track, not in the best of condition, making any longer straight dash than 70 yards impossible. Wendell Baker, who had entered in the 250 and 440 yards, was unable to run on account of a sprained ankle, thus disappointing his many friends; but Mr. Wells ran a tremendous race in the 250 yards, he being the scratch man against a field of fifteen...
...Cornell winter meeting will include the following events: Heavy, middle, light, and feather-weight sparring, horizontal bar, fifty yards dash, running high jump...
Odlin, captain of this and last year's Andover eleven, is going to enter Yale next year; also Germer, who won the 100-yards dash in the athletic games in 10 1-4 seconds, is to enter the Sheffield Scientific School...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - Although I have admired the dash and spirit with which the players on the class elevens enter into the games for the college championship, there still is one feature of their play which I cannot admire. There is much profane language indulged in by some of the players and, as they do not always speak in the softest of tones, the practice has excited some comment. Especially was such sulphurous language objectionable on Monday when several ladies were present at the game. Their presence, which ought, if anything could, to have retained their careless or thoughtless players...