Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Such action by an American college is, at least, phenominal! How interesting it would be to go into a recitation room in that far-famed institution and find college students competing with ten year-old boys in our Latin School on mensa, amo, or the like. - Beacon...
...cricket eleven have now stopped practice till next autumn, when they hope to arrange some further games. They have played thus far, six games, including two practice games with Longwood. The first game came off at Longwood on May 1st, in which we were defeated, our half of the second inning not being played. The second game, against the Independents at Lowell, was most unsatisfactory, owing to the wretched umpiring; score 80 66 against Harvard. On May 20, the second Longwood game resulted in a score of 82-57 for Longwood. And on May 22 a game with the Boston...
...base-ball championship of the college. Several nines entered the association in the spring burning with the desire to carry off the cups as emblems of their prowess upon the diamond. Of these, two have reached all but the summit of their ambition by overcoming everything which has thus far opposed them. Had not an unfortunate accident marred the last game, the question of supremacy would long ago have been determined...
...Cook is said to have made the following statement in relation to the eight: 'This year's crew is the weakest I have ever seen in college so far as strength is concerned. It is under the average weight. Nevertheless, the men are rowing in much better form than last year's crew, and are the most faithful set of men in training I have ever handled. Harvard has a great advantage over us in her professional coach, her strong, trusting support and the experience she gets from the practice pulls with professional crews. We shall try to make...
...this critical point in the contest for the inter-collegiate base-ball championship, a brief resume of the season so far may be of interest to those who have followed it only in a general...