Word: fours
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...base-ball editor of the Advocate had a thought last week which must have owed its parentage to a wish! The thought was, that in the four games played by our Nine with the Manchesters, the record stands eleven to eleven. Unfortunately for him, according to his own figures, which by the way are incorrect, the sum total amounts to twelve to eleven in their favor. But in addition to his careless mathematical error, he seems to have forgotten entirely that the score of the second game was ten to four in our favor; and that the sum total...
...FOUR-OARED RACE (2 miles).Union: T. Houghton, C. H. Williams, Jones (bow), F. Peabody (stroke), Williams, 2d. (cox.). Harvard: W. Kessler, '78 (bow), T. W. Preston, '79, J. Parker, '78, L. N. Littauer, '78 (stroke), G. L. Cheney...
...requiring Seniors and Juniors to take twelve hours, and Sophomores ten hours of elective studies throughout the year. We have been allowed, up to this time, to take as many hours each half-year as we wished, provided that the sum-total for the two half-years equalled twenty-four hours; a privilege which was very valuable to many faithful students. To applicants for honors, particularly, the liberty to take the larger amount of work during the first half-year was very important, as it gave them more time in the spring for the special work which is required...
...yards), 10 sec.; 220-yards handicap, C. C. Clark (8 yards), 22 8/5 sec.; 120-yards hurdles, H. Allan (penalized 11 yards), 18 3/5 sec.; 300-yards handicap, C. C. Clark (15 yards), 32 4/5 sec.; 600-yards handicap, F. B. Montague (25 yards), 1 min. 15 1/5 sec.; four-mile steeplechase handicap, G. Mawby (scratch), 25 min. 35 sec.; 1,000-yards handicap, N. Turner (52 yards...
...weather, followed by increasing cloudiness and rain areas, variable winds, mostly from the north-east, falling barometer and stationary temperature," promptly responded the Bulletin Board, in a voice that told me not to bother him with useless questions. Before I could say anything more I saw in the distance four individuals, so lean and lank that I thought they must have some connection with Memorial Hall; and, in fact, they proved to be the Gargoyles from the tower. Following them came the two Pumps, who extended to me their handles, and shook hands in a painfully brisk manner...