Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...afternoon on Holmes Field, under the auspices of the H. A. A. The day was pleasant, and a large number of spectators were present. The track was in perfect condition. The meeting was the most exciting and closely contested ever held. Ten records were broken. From the beginning the fight for the championship was between Hopkinson's School and the Worcester Academy and it was not until after the last event that the victory for the former was decided. On the whole the meeting passed off fairly quickly though several events lagged. The records broken were the 120 yards hurdle...
...Yale men made a desperate and plucky fight for which they deserve much praise. The score does not indicate the closeness of the contest. Up to the last event but one, the outcome was in doubt, and we all were kept in a state of almost painful suspense. The Yale runners showed grit and perseverance and in spite of their defeat, did credit to themselves and to their university...
...juniors were first at bat and fell on Winsor for five hits with a total of ten. '93 helped them out with five errors, and, after fourteen men had been at the bat, the juniors retired with eleven runs scored. '93 started in to make a plucky up-hill fight, made two runs in the second and six in the third. Both nines changed pitchers; Gale held '93 down to an occasional run for the rest of the game, Collamore kept '94 well in hand until the seventh when they added five more runs. W. Clark, Hapgood, Lowell...
...this eve+++ though his best distance is 440 yards. F. Franck '95 S, is also good at the q+++ ter. In the 880 yards run S. Scoville has done well this season; he is experienced and is strong at the finish. J. E. +++ gan '94, will make a good fight for mile run; he posseses considerable entrance and unlimited pluck. The best +++ in the mile walk are L. E. Wright '9+++ and F. S. Bunnell '94. The farmer +++is old man and has been walking much +++ ter this year than last. In the hurdle +++ D. B. Lyman...
...clap with all his might. The hisses were redoubled, the lights turned out and the audience dispersed in an uproar. Several times afterward similar scenes occurred. At these scenes the princess used to applaud rapturously, while the rest of the audience hissed: and Liszt and the princess continued the fight till Wagner triumphed...