Word: englishmen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Babylon, will speak at 11 o'clock this morning in the Fogg Lecture Room on his recent work near Nippur, south east of Babylon. The discoveries made by Dr. Peters since 1889 have far eclipsed the efforts of the French archaeologists, Botta, Place and de Sarzec, and the Englishmen, Layard, Rassam and Smith...
...official acceptance of the challenge sent by Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia for a chess match by cable has been received from Oxford University. The Englishmen consider six players on a side sufficient, and suggest April 20 as the date of the match. They further suggest that no player shall be eligible for more than five years from the date of his matriculation as a mean between the qualifications for English and American intercollegiate chess matches. This tournament is to be held under the patronage of the Manhattan Chess Club...
...different positions than they have been rowing. Mr. Lehmann and Mr. Willis rowed seven and stroke respectively in both crews to get the men back of them swinging in the right cadence. Captain Goodrich's crew rowed with two men added while the two Englishmen were in the other boat. Both crews rowed in shells and were made up as follows...
...intermission Coach Forbes led a cheer for Yale. Cheers were given for the eleven, for Cabot, and for Forbes, when the eleven went out, and after the concert was over. Mr. Lehmann was also cheered, and made a short speech in which he denied the statement that Englishmen could teach American universities courtesy and good feeling...
...Physically, the men are a fine powerful lot, fully as strong and well developed as the Englishmen who form the two university crews. They have not had the same racing experience as their English cousins, but this disadvantage may be to some extent counteracted by the longer preparation which they will have to undergo for this particular race, and by racing against scratch crews in the later stages...