Word: getting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that the sentiment of the college at large is that it will supply a long felt want, that of regular and systematic practice for the nine which represents the college. Not only this, but players who in the beginning of the season have not shown up well enough to get a place on the picked team, may by careful work develop into better players than some members of the regular nine. As an athletic venture for the improvement of the base-ball players, the new scheme will undoubtedly prove a success, but as a financial investment the outlook...
...argument concerning the right of the '87 men to pull in the class boat this year, it may be said that they are no longer 'Varsity men, and hence do not come under the rule respecting the latter. In the case of '88's coxswain, I do not get the drift of his very lucid argument, nor do I understand to what he refers when he says that the vote was due to a misunderstanding and that it is not yet settled. To what vote does he refer, and why has it not yet been settled? Perhaps he will have...
HEAVY-WEIGHT WRESTLING.The heavy-weight wrestling was between A. F. Holden, '88, and W. J. Bowen, '87. When time was called both men showed a commendable tendency to get to work without delay. Bowen got several good holds but was unable to get his opponent over on his back. At the end of two and a half minutes he got a good neck hold and Holden struck full on his back...
...fell short. Curtis got in several swings on Ashe's jaw; his countering was also good. Ashe showed a disposition to clinch, and just as time was called he got in a hard, straight left-hander. The second round was harder, and both men were less careful not to get hit, preferring to counter rather than ward off the blows. Ashe struck Curtis many body blows, evidently trying to wind him. Towards the end of the round both men acted tired, although there was no sign of weakness in the force of their blows. The third round opened...
...should be so, because, as every one knows, the scratch races made up a part of the 250th anniversary celebration and so, to those who have no other trophy of the great anniversary, the cups would be of double value. Therefore I suggest that the H. U. B. C. get the cups at once and also that they have the cups - as prizes won during the celebration of the 250th anniversary of our college - appropriately inscribed...