Word: holding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first inning opened with Harvard at the bat and King in the box for Princeton. It was erroneously supposed that after the fine work King had done here a week ago, he would be able to hold down the opposing team to few hits. Such hopes soon vanished, for in the first inning Harvard began to bat the ball all over the field, and had scored six runs before the third man was put out. Princeton succeeded in getting a man around to third in the first inning, but failed to score, and her subsequent efforts proved equally disastrous...
...will not have the advantage of playing on its own grounds, and over confidence has been the cause of defeat to more than one Harvard team. The best wishes of the whole college follow the nine, and all that is needed to win the championship this year is to hold with a steady grip the lead which we now have over Yale...
...last regular meeting, May 17th, the Harvard Union will hold a convention of the college for the purpose of nominating candidates for the presidency of the United States. It will be conducted similarly to the one held here with so much success four years ago. The Union is going is going to canvass the departments of the University in Cambridge to ascertain presidential preferences, and announce the result at the convention. The canvass will begin on Tuesday evening, when ballots will be distributed at dinner at the tables in Memorial. Every one in the hall is urged to fill...
...starters in the bicycle race were K. Brown, '91; E. Norton, L. S., and R. H. Davis, '91. Davis won, Brown second. The last lap was very exciting, and the race was not decided until just at the finish. Brown led most of the last lap but could not hold his place. Davis' time was 6m. 9s. Only five of the seven 100 yards men came to the scratch, These were W. Myer, '90; H. A. Kelley, '88; E. C. Moen, '91; J. W. Merrill, '89, and E. B. Bodley, L. S. Bodley got the start, but Moen overhauled...
...many pleasing reminiscences of the early days of the Exonian were related by former editors, and the long past vicissitudes and victories of the paper were rehearsed with a great deal of enthusiasm. After several formal toasts were responded to, and a motion carried for all the editors to hold another reunion ten years hence, the meeting adjourned...