Word: far
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard defeated Yale Saturday, and by so doing got a long lead in the struggle for the championship. Harvard has, thus far, won five games to Yale's three, and has lost one to her opponent...
...game was called at 3.12 p. m. Harvard went first to the bat and Campbell hit the second ball pitched for one base. Dann had a short passed ball and tried to cut Campbell off at second, but threw far into centre field and Campbell scored. Gallivan knocked a long, high fly to Hunt, which the latter captured. Boyden went out on a ground hit to Stewart and Henshaw struck out. For Yale, the first three men struck...
...Harvard College, although not the first to begin this reform, nor successful in her first attempts to introduce it, has by a series of happy coincidences taken her place at the very head of the column and stands today by universal consent at the head of American institutions, so far as number of different branches taught in its curriculum and the number of courses offered in each branch is concerned...
...exist were not the colleges drawn together as they now are. The athletic life which every-where engages lively interest, and which affords endless opportunity for competition, comes surely to the surface, while the intellectual life in which competition is uncertain and unsatisfactory sinks beneath, but still exerts a far reaching and, we believe, an unimpaired influence on the community at large. We see in these contests which arouse ambition and which render the existence of a large number of physically perfect men absolutely necessary, advantages before which the disadvantages sink in insignificance, and among the first of these benefits...
...fourth and last game with Princeton was played Saturday, and resulted in another victory for Harvard The game was by far the best played of the series and was won only by superior batting. The confidence of the University in the ability of the nine, though somewhat shaken by the defeat at New Haven two weeks ago, has been fully restored by the splendid work in the last two Princeton games. The batting in particular has greatly improved, while the fielding is steadier and more accurate. The game with Yale next Saturday will be the most important...