Word: expectations
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With these modifications the present plan will work well and give no trouble. The cost would be somewhat increased for this year but would be decreased for the rest of the term. More courts, however, are imperatively needed, and we cannot expect to see the game played as much as it should be until players are able to secure good, convenient courts in abundance...
...dislike to say anything in regard to the referee, but we feel sure that we speak for the majority when we say that his duties were hardly discharged as they should have been. However, that does not explain our defeat. Our opponents played much better than was expected and our team played much worse than we had been led to expect. We hope the members of the team will not feel discouraged at the result of their first important match, but will continue their practice with steady perseverance which will in time overcome their faults...
When the ball is on the ground the men are so anxious to pick it up and run with it, that they generally fail to secure it. They must fall on it more and they must get it well in their arms, not expect to get a down with merely one or both hands on the ball ; the referee wont see it quickly enough...
...fire the pistol as you give the word 'set,' but keep your men until they are all as steady as statues. Then let them go. Every starter in this country has a different way of sending off his men, consequently the athletes do not know what to expect." [Turf, Field, and Farm...
...shall next expect to hear that the students of Boston University have formed companies to march in campaign processions...