Word: field
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large number of students gathered on Jarvis yesterday afternoon to watch the game for the class championship between Eighty-eight and Ninety. All were disappointed, however, for the captain of the senior nine withdrew his men from the field, refusing to play the game without an umpire of his own choosing, Mr. Downer was the regularly appointed umpire, but he failed to appear. Capt. Holden refused to allow another undergraduate to officiate in Mr. Downer's position, and as Capt. McKean would not agree to hire a professional umpire, the game was not played...
...advanced the nuisance has been getting more and more intolerable, and must be stopped in some way. The new sod in the yard is trampled all over every day by these irrepressible youngsters; they gather in swarms whenever the Glee Club sings, and on Wednesday they used Holmes Field as a play-ground while the cricket match was going on, got in everybody's way, and yelled and hooted like young demons. Not content with this, a crowd of them took possession of Jarvis Field and played a game of base-ball there, refusing to give up the grounds...
FRESHMAN nine be on the field at 3 o'clock...
...Yale Athletic Association has decided to hold two extra field meetings at an early date. Expert time-keepers will be present from New York, and Sherrill, Harmar, Berger and Shearman are expected to lower the records...
...cricket eleven plays the Longwood team on Holmes Field. This is the first cricket match that has been played on the college grounds for several years and an excellent opportunity of seeing how the game is played will be offered to those who know nothing of it and a chance to see a well contested match will be given to those who know the "points." We are very glad that the management of the eleven has been able to arrange a game in Cambridge, and strongly urge every one who can, to see the match. Cricket has struggled bravely...