Word: favored
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last Saturday the Harvard lacrosse team played the first championship game with the team from New York University. Game was called at four o'clock on Jarvis field, and one hour of play was indulged in which resulted in a score of eight goals to nothing in favor of Harvard. The game was uninteresting to onlookers, because it was so one-sided, Harvard out-playing her opponents at every point. The most noticeable feature of the game was the team-play of the home team. Indeed, Harvard had the ball almost all the time, and was continually attacking the goal...
...much time is given to intercollegiate contests, I think no graduate will be found who would not favor reducing the number of games played; and if the expense is too great, all college athletes would favor any practical plan for decreasing it. But absolute prohibition of such contests does not seem the wisest way to bring about these ends...
...mile '90 was two boat lengths ahead, while '89 was leading '88 by about a length. The most exciting part of the race now came in the struggle between '88 and '89. Until the last third of a mile the boats were nearly even, with a slight advantage in favor of '89. '88 then made a fine spurt and finished half a length ahead of '89. '90 had already crossed the line fully two lengths ahead. The freshmen spurted pluckily toward the end, and finished about three lengths behind '89. '90's time was 12 minutes 14 1-2 seconds...
...sentiment of the country was strongly in favor of the measure: Boston Globe, April 15; Congr. Record, April...
...question was then thrown open to the house, and Williams, L. S., Williams, '88, Nickerson, '89, and Naumberg, '89, Nickerson, '89, all spoke in favor of reducing the tariff...