Word: fights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale News, in commenting on the chances of their nine in the race for the championship, evidently considers Harvard out of the fight. "Brown and Princeton," says the News, "have played in six and five games respectively and lead our nine in victories, with the same number of defeats." The News evidently considers Brown her most formidable rival. At present, counting the games lost by each team, Harvard, Yale and Brown are tied for first place. Brown leads in games won, but she has played more games than any other college. As the News remarks, however, it is impossible...
...fight according to the rules of the London prize ring at catch weights for $1000 has been arranged between Bryan Campbell and Tom Walling, in West Virginia, within 100 miles of Pittsburg...
...well as the support given it by its own college. It is highly probable that if the first game had been played, as was intended, the day of the class races, we should have been victorious; whereas under the present circumstances it will have to be a hard-won fight. The only way to remedy this trouble is to send down to New Haven as large a number of supporters as possible, who by their presence will inspire the nine to greater efforts and enable them to play under nearly similar circumstances as in Cambridge. We have repeatedly urged...
Just now, when the whole college is loud in their praises of the gallant fight the freshman nine made at New Haven, a few days ago, we are sorry to be compelled to copy the item that appeared in the Monday News: "The Harvard freshmen were the agents in the uproar of Saturday night and Sunday morning." We are sure that all will appreciate the hospitable and manly conduct of the News in attributing all the noise to their guests...
...fall races in 1880, (October 23,) '81 and '83 had a hard fight for first place, which '81 finally gained. '82 came in last, as the Freshmen entered no crew. Time...