Word: endeavoring
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Rugby code a scrimmage takes place when the holder of the ball, being in the field of play, puts it down on the ground in front of him, and the moment he does this the fielders on both sides crowd around him in a mob and each side endeavors to get a chance to kick the ball out of the scrimmage, and the result is that a pretty rough time occurs, the players who are defending the holder of the ball striving to push the opposing fielders back, while the latter endeavor to drive the former from their protection...
...time since the last freshman theatre party occurred. In many respects the party of Thursday night looked like an attempt at a revival of the custom. So much so, indeed, that the sophomore class considered it a matter of sufficient importance to call a class meeting Thursday afternoon, and endeavor to dissuade the freshmen from their project. The safer course would seem to be for succeeding freshman classes for some years to come to abandon all attempts at going to the theatre in a body until the tradition in the matter has entirely died...
...ball. Flannery of New York got the ball on his stick, and carried it with a fine rush over to Harvard's side. He was met with a strong check, however, and as he fell backwards threw toward the goal. Four Harvard sticks struck out wildly in the futile endeavor to find the ball and stop it, but with aggravating deliberateness it rolled past them through the goal. A few minutes more convinced both sides that further play was useless, and New York accepted the game as a tie, to be played off in Boston on election...
...ready for play instead of being obliged to develop a team from crude material. In every college and school there are those who, not interested in base-ball and other sports, are attracted by lacrosse. As matters now look, Harvard will have a strong team this year, and will endeavor to maintain its superiority in the college association. The colleges that will probably be represented in the association are Amherst, College of the City of New York, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton and Yale. The graduate players will, in turn, no doubt give an impetus to the sport in various quarters...
...result of an oversight and not an intentional act. Now as to the poor service complained of: There is no question but there is an immense chance for improvement in these two respects. We trust that Mr. Balch will profit by the criticism offered, harsh though it were, and endeavor by removing these causes of complaint to secure the support of all fair-minded men of the association...