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Word: fairs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fair is soon to be held under the auspices of the Dartmouth Base-ball Association, the proceeds of which are to go toward paying off the debt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/15/1887 | See Source »

...four o'clock, '89 made its appearance. The barge was handled well and soon the men were seated and the boat pushed off. Captain Storrow sat at number 8 and set a lively stroke which was responded to in fair form by the other men in the boat. The men rowed down to the first bridge, and then returned, continuing their course up-stream. As they passed the boat-house the individual faults showed glaringly. There was bad time in the waist, while the men in the bow seemed to have no conception of how to turn their oars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The River Open. | 3/15/1887 | See Source »

Before leaving the number we wish to express our pleasure from reading the editorials. They are well written, manly and fair-minded. We would only question the judgment in the choice of champions among the New York journals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The "Advocate." | 3/12/1887 | See Source »

Yesterday's Globe has an interesting article containing reminiscences of old Yale and Harvard oarsmen. Bob Cook, Wilbur Bacon and William Blaikie all come in for a fair share of the discussion. In speaking of Cook the writer relates a conversation wherein he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old Oarsmen. | 3/8/1887 | See Source »

...candidates again this year. His work told last season, and there is good reason to believe that his services are still of much value. He himself says that the nine have remarkably good prospects for a successful season. The old superiority which Harvard has held at the bat bids fair to disappear from Cambridge, only to emerge in the vicinity of New Haven. The daily practice which the Yale men take in the cage, especially at the bat, has shown marked improvement since the beginning of winter, and if Yale's prospects were good in the fall, they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Nine. | 3/8/1887 | See Source »

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