Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Taylor, Tyler and Graves who battled with Berlo, McDuffee and Martin. First counted six points, second, five, and so on. McDuffee set the pace for two laps, then Berlo took the lead with Taylor closely following. The order was changed at the tape by Taylor's final effort. The Press cyclers won by a score of 11 to 9. The finishing order was as follows: 1, Taylor; 2, Berlo; 3, McDuffee; 4, Graves; 5, Martin. Tyler fell on the last turn...
...gathered to see the games was small - Harvard's delegation of thirty or more supporters making a good showing in the cheering. It was to be deprecated, also, that any attempt to protest Evins on the general grounds of "professionalism" was made by Yale, - although it took very little effort on Harvard's part to nullify the protest...
...other feature of the concert, the dancing in Memorial Hall, ought to be made an important and enjoyable feature. The efforts which were made at the winter concert to elevate the tone of this part of the program were attended with gratifying success. The dances, however, are still not all that they should be, and every effort should be made this evening to make the dance which follows the glee club concert in Cambridge up to the level of those which accompany the concerts given in Jamaica Plain or Brookline...
...past two weeks the work of the 'varsity crew has been very much increased, and is now just as much as the men can stand. As a result, the crew has made rapid improvement, especially during the latter part of last week. As yet however, they have made no effort to develop speed. They have been trying rather to lay a substantial ground work upon which to build the stroke, hoping by so doing to be in better condition, when they begin to work for speed. Especial attention has been paid to the correction of individual faults...
...which both classes yesterday crowded down upon the base lines and seriously interfered with the game was simply absurd. The bounds of gentlemanly, legitimate behavior were widely overstepped, and the co-operation of the crowd instead of limiting itself to respectable encouragement and friendly guying, became an effort to win the game at any cost...