Word: hole
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University crew recommenced practice yesterday at the Carey Building. The men went through some light exercises and then took a short run. The tank is being refitted and will not be ready for the crew until tomorrow. The stationary boat is to have level slides and hole pins and is to be rigged like the barge in which the crew rowed during the last week of practice on the Charles. To make room for the longer oars the zinc floor has been taken out of the tank. This will make a greater depth of water in both channels...
Golf at present is arousing considerable interest at Princeton. A club consisting of one hundred members has been organized and excellent links have been laid out. They consist of a nine hole course, having a fine turf and abounding in natural hazards. Work on the Brokaw Memorial is progressing rapidly. This building contains a spacious swimming tank and an ample number of lockers. It will fill a long felt need at Princeton, and its completion is looked forward to with great pleasure by the students of the college...
Harvard continued to punt and soon advanced to the 40-yard line, where Gonterman was given the ball on a fake kick. He found a good hole between Holt and Stevenson, and shaking off the Cornell backs, he ran the rest of the distance to the goal line with a clear field. No goal was kicked...
...noon yesterday and before night several hundred names were subscribed. Many members of the Faculty have expressed their endorsement of the movement in strong terms. One spoke of the accommodations in the post office as the worst he had ever seen and characterized the place as a "a nasty hole." Another said that it was unfit for a dog to live in." Another said that though the University alone, represented nearly five thousand persons, including Radcliffe College and the families of instructors, there was not as good post office accommodation as would ordinarily be given in a town of five...
Holt played best. Every time that a play was on his side of the line there was a large hole for the back. On almost every play he was through the line, and not one of the plays directed against him succeeded...