Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Play ball!' said the umpire, but that was something we seemed loath to do. The bats seemed heavy and the ball escaped us on the field, and our throwing was wild. Then suddenly our captain called the bunch together and said: 'Boys, you're not making history very fast, and if you don't wake up now and play ball, I'll forfeit the game!' We awoke and played ball. Our batters found the ball and put it out of commission, while the runners passed over the bags. The score was tied, and then Williams forged ahead...
...rest of an hour and ten minutes, Meredith went out to repeat his victory of last year in the half-mile. Floto of Princeton jumped ahead at the start, but the Pennsylvania captain shot into the lead at the turn, followed by Floto and Bingham. The pace proved too fast for Windnagle of Cornell and Overton of Yale, who had already run the mile. Just after passing the one-lap mark, Bingham passed Floto and closely followed Meredith. They both lengthened out on the far straightaway, drawing away from the rest of the field. Meredith and Bingham raced around...
...Navy. During the third week the squadron will maneuver along the Atlantic Coast, possibly spending some time at Narragansett Bay, or other central port. For the last week the ships will return to the port of embarkation, where landing parties will be made. Auxiliary motor boats of a fast type will cooperate this last week in port defence maneuvers...
...University match at New Haven Captain R. N. Williams, 2d, '16 played the best tennis and defeated Captain Weber, of Yale, in straight sets with his fast net game and powerful back court drives. In the doubles, however, Williams's superiority was not sufficient to decide the contest, Weber and Stoddard defeating the University captain and J. S. Pfaffmann '17. Stoddard of Yale won the only other match for his team from G. C. Caner...
...Yale has the making of the best team we have come up against this year," he said. "The men are all fast, their stickwork is good, and they have the necessary weight. With proper coaching, a championship team should be turned out next year. As to the Harvard game, if you can keep Nash, Harvard's first attack, covered, you should have no trouble in defeating them, although they are sure to put up a good fight...