Word: fights
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...showing made by the others has been about equal. Otto, the first baseman, has shown great improvement in batting, while his fielding is very sure. King at second is strong on thrown balls and covers a large amount of ground. Brooks and P. Ward are making a good fight for short-stop. Gunster at third is playing much the same as he did last year. W. D. Ward has been tried at first and third bases and in the field. He is very steady and is a good all round man. Payne is not batting as well as last year...
...play are fourteen actors, including the spearker of the prologue, and as many students in the college and Graduate School have been found willing to undertake the heavy labor of study and rehearsal requisite to insure a worthy performance. The nineteenth of April, the anniversary of the Concord fight, has been chosen for the first performance in conformity with the Roman custom of producing plays only upon festivals. A libretto containing the Latin text and a new prose translation is in the press and will be for sale about the middle of March...
...choir sang the following selections: "Fight the Good Fight," by G. C. Martin, and "The Radiant Morn hath Passed away," by the Rev. H. H. Woodward...
...with a double row of men on the 80 yd. mark. A. Blake '93, representing the B. A. A., won after a sensational spurt on the last lap. Time, 4 min. 57 45s. J. Bordman '94, (45 yds.), was third. R. R. Hollister '97, (55 yds.) made a good fight, but was beaten in the finish...
Yale evidently did not go into the race with any intention of making a fight, as there was but one quarter-miler on her team. Princeton did considerably better. Brokaw, her last man, ran a hard and plucky race, but was never able to get near enough to Merrill to push...