Word: fronts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...look on and wonder at the strange doings of the jolly and happy sophomores, who seem not at all abashed by the publicity of the event. At about ten o'clock one evening last week the Columbia sophomores, assisted by the juniors, some three hundred in all, assembled in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Each man was arrayed in a uniform costume of a long white gown and white "plug" hat and carried a torch. As soon as the collegians had all gathered at the hotel a procession was formed, which marched up Fifth avenue and thence...
...enter, about half way towards the farther goal, there is a small house devoted to dressing-rooms. Very few trees surround the grounds, and in consequence the light is good. The costumes of the players are picturesesque, each one wearing a crimson jersey with a large H on the front, and a small crimson "polo" cap. Yesterday the club was out in full force. At the beginning of the game there were six players present. Mr. Belmont, Mr. Dickey and Mr. Winthrop formed one side, and Mr. Appleton, Mr. French and Mr. Cowdin, the other. Play began at 4.20. After...
...that the freshman lacrosse team have challenged the Yale men to play them a game and have received an affirmative answer, we would remind them that the college are desirous that they should present as strong a front as possible when they go to New Haven. The Yale men will be playing on their own grounds with which they are familiar, and they will be encouraged by the presence of a considerable number of sympathizers, both of which circumstances will tend to steady their play. For Harvard, '87, the only way to overcome this disadvantage is to work as faithfully...
...they are not procured before twelve o'clock today, tickets for round trip will be $5.75. Ask at ticket office of B. and A. depot for Harvard freshman excursion ticket. Train leaves at 9 A. M., reaches New Haven at 1.26. Freshman nine will meet at 3.30 in front of Bartlett's today...
...Yale !" and "Harvard !" burst from the throats of thousands of spectators, while the noise of steam whistles and of several bands of music contribute to the general uproar. Yale, spurred on by the excitement, starts in on a spurt which sends the nose of her boat to the front, while Harvard, on the outside, gives a dozen quick strokes as a starter, and then settles down to steady work. Yale eases up on her spurt and Harvard pushed her boat a little to the front, but at the turning stake Yale starts on the homeward trip a length ahead...