Word: expertness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Military Company, Cambridge City Guard, formerly commanded by Col. W. A. Bancroft, are holding a fair in Lyceum Hall. Be sure you visit it and see what they offer on sale. Have you seen the "Expert" Columbia Bicycle, the billiard cue, Fairbanks and Cole banjo, Winchester repeating rifle on shares at this fair. If you are a marksman try for the Ballard rifle at the shooting gallery connected with the fair. The fair closes Saturday evening...
...Military Company, Cambridge City Guard, formerly commanded by Col. W. A. Bancroft, are holding a fair in Lyceum Hall. Be sure you visit it and see what they offer on sale. Have you seen the "Expert" Columbia Bicycle, the billiard cue, Fairbanks and Cole banjo, Winchester repeating rifle on shares at this fair. If you are a marksman try for the Ballard rifle at the shooting gallery connected with the fair. The fair closes Saturday evening...
...best players, those who have made the college prominent in this sport, will leave with the present senior class, and it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to fill their places. Now that Harvard has joined the Inter-collegiate Tennis Association, there will be a greater demand for expert players than ever before, and we urge constant practice on the part of those men in the lower classes who play, in order that as the college is foremost in tennis now, it may remain so in the future. Under the present state of affairs any one who wishes...
Lawn tennis derives its name from the French tenez, hold, as in striking the ball, the racket must be firmly held. The game originated in France, in the 15th century, and Louis XI., Henry II., and Charles IX., were expert players. M. Borre, who died in 1873, for many years superintendent of the tennis court at the Tuilleries, was considered the best player who ever lived. The oldest English tennis court was built early in the 16th century, in Hampton Court Palace...
...Tewksbury almshouse investigation yesterday, Dr. Tucker of Australia, a medical expert, testified that the sanitary arrangements were remarkably good. The only fault was the male attendants for females, and the ignorance of Dr. Lothrop...