Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...doubt of this. We cannot, however, express too strongly the gratitude which the University feels to the coaches who have given so much time to the development of the team and to the substitutes whose work, though not rewarded by places on the eleven, has involved steady, patient effort throughout the season...
...Cycling Association is certainly in very hard luck in having to postpone the road race for the third time on account of the bad condition of the roads. A special effort is being made this year to interest a large number of men in bicycle racing and there is a prospect of developing more good material than ever before. However annoying the persistent opposition of the weather may be, the enthusiasm of the association is apparently not to be so easily dampened. Every one will surely wish them propitious conditions for their fourth date...
...annual football game between B. A. A. and Chicago A. A. is to be played on Thanksgiving Day. The Chicago team is making every effort to get together a strong team for the occasion, as this is to them the great game of the season. Manager Cornish is trying to secure Heffelfinger and several of the best players in Beloit, Lake Forest and other northwestern colleges...
...once or twice it succeeded, but most of the plays were directed at the tackles and guards. On one occasion the breaking through of the first eleven on one of Hamlen's punts was commendable. It shows what the eleven can do when the line men make an effort...
...word of relief came to Gordon. He prolonged the siege for 317 days. Then he sent his little steamers down the river to meet the relief column. On January 26, Khartoum fell and was put to fire and sword. Gordon was shot in the street making a last effort to defend the town...