Word: downed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The back nets on the tennis courts are taken down at 5.30 p.m. Much unfavorable comment is heard in regard to this regulation.
The rain came down in torrents as the ball was placed for the second half. Mr. Blake rolled up his collar, grinned and said nothing about stopping, and with two or three exceptions, the hundred or more spectators followed his example; they were bound to see the tie broken.
For the first time in the game Harvard lost the draw, but the defence got it down to our homes in great shape, and it did not get beyond centre after that. The attack had matters pretty much their own way for a couple of minutes, and Dudley, finally securing...
In the field '87 did good work while '89 played a loose game. '89 was severely handicapped by the edict of Wiliard, which forbids its regular pitcher to enter the box. With an entirely new battery, '89 did well to keep its opponents down to fifteen hits.
The Detroits in their practice learned a fact about batting under the new rules. They say that if a player holds his bat in the usual position to strike at a low ball he cannot raise it in time to hit a high ball; but, on the other hand, if...