Word: effort
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...management of the New Haven nine made an effort to secure Bates as pitcher, but failed...
...rather strange that up to a few weeks ago no determined effort had been made to found either an Andover or an Exeter club in the college. Exeter's representatives in the University largely outnumber Andover's and the fact that the formation of an Andover club is to follow so closely that of the Exeter Club, shows that the graduates of Phillips Andover here have fully as much interest as the Exeter men in more closely uniting their school to the college...
...association, in point of influence, since its founding, three years ago, has been steady. The addition of the new members will make the annual games which, it is to be hoped, may be held on Holmes Field, much more exciting. The Roxbury Latin School will make a strong effort to retain the championship which she has held for two years, while Exeter and Andover will doubtless send teams which will make a sharp fight for the pennant...
...minute after the first spurt, to her opponent's thirty-seven, increased her lead at every stroke. On the last mile there were twenty-five boat lengths between the two crews. Harvard's rowing was remarked upon, though little understood, by all who saw the race. So little effort was apparent in her style, that the uninitiated were at a loss to account for the speed of her boat. While it was manifest that the "Yale giants" were not as well trained as the Harvard men, it was palpable to the merest tyro that the immense distance between...
...suppose that they will readily consent to form a part of the association. The Andover and Exeter men in college are enthusiastic over the plan, for it cannot but prove of great benefit both to Andover and to Exeter. The incentive given to both schools to put forth every effort in order to win the annual game, and thus be one of the contestants in the final struggle for the cup, will be great. The Boston schools will also have much to gain from a membership in the association. It is probable that either Exeter or Andover will generally...