Word: fourth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this afternoon at 3 o'clock. There will be four races: First, an open race for sailing canoes over a triangular course of two miles; second, an open paddling race for single canoes, one mile with turn; third, an open paddling race for tandem canoes, one mile, with turn; fourth, paddling race for tandem birches, one mile with turn...
...must have grown rather dark in the neighborhood of second and third base, or else the umpire lost his eysight, for his base decisions were, to say the least, queer. This discouraged the Harvard men, and seemed to take all the life out of them, and from the fourth inning till the end of the game, they only made one base...
...Hall courts. The interest of the tournament was centred in this match, and many spectators applauded the good play of the contestants. The first set went to Sears-6-1. Shaw played more strongly and won the second set -6-3. Sears won the third-6-4-and the fourth-6-3. The returns were swift and well placed, neither player daring to come...
Eighty-eight and Ninety-one played their second game yesterday on Jarvis field. Eighty-eight went to the bat first and pounded Guerin for five runs, three of which were earned. After the first inning Guerin settled down to work, and pitched well until the fourth inning; when he again went to pieces, and allowed Eighty-eight to get eight hits. In the fifth inning Holden was slightly injured while attempting to put Nichols out on second base; Palmer took his place and Crocker played in right field...
...fourth round in the singles, played yesterday, Lee beat Snow-6-1, 6-4. In the final singles, Shaw beat Lee-6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 8-6. This was an exhibition of very fine tennis. Shaw drove the ball hard and accurately first on one side-line and then on the other. He won the first two sets handily. In the third, Lee braced, playing his backhanded shots with good effect, and took the set. At the beginning of the fourth set, both players struggled hard for the lead. The first game was deuce and vantage at least...