Word: felting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...canoe club, the last organized of the three new associations, has a field for usefulness which it can easily fill. There has been a need long felt for some means of obtaining exercise on the water which should be available to men who are, for various reasons, unable to gain a seat in any of our numerous crews. To meet this want, the canoe club was founded. There can certainly be no pleasanter or more invigorating sport than canoeing, and men who have once experienced the fascination of the double-bladed paddle will not be slow in joining the newly...
Hyndman has resigned from the candidates for the Yale University crew, owing to some trouble between himself and Cook the coach ; Hobbs taking the vacant place. His loss will be materially felt by the crew...
...will fail to be represented in boating matters by a university crew. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, the men that are now in training for positions on the crew are rapidly becoming disheartened ; never was there a greater lack of system and never have the students felt less confidence in the abilities of their representative eight. It is a significant fact that the confidence of the freshmen has led them into the startling belief that eventually they will be able to constitute a university crew in themselves. This remarkable exhibition of assurance would never be indulged...
Hunt, left fielder and change catcher of the Amherst nine, colleded with the second baseman of the Springfields, recently and brick one of the bones of his forearm. As Hunt is one of the strongest players on the nine his loss will be severely felt...
...petition in relation to tennis was proposed by the association through a misunderstanding. Inasmuch as tennis was played by more men than lacrosse or cricket, and the idea of the faculty was to do the most good to the most men with the ground. Dr. Sargent felt justified in saying to a member of the executive committee that if this fact in relation to tennis being more popular than lacrosse was proved, it would have great weight with the faculty, and he suggested a petition. Another gentleman on the athletic committee said that Dr. Sargent's action was hasty...