Word: kept
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston Y. M. C. A. has leased the Boston Union Athletic grounds for June, July, August and September. The grounds will be laid off in tennis courts and for other games. Boats will also be kept by the Association on the Charles River...
...training for the Mott Haven team were greatly annoyed yesterday afternoon by the action of some persons crossing the track on Holmes Field on the way to the base-ball ground. A steady stream of people kept pouring over the track when the various races were in progress, and many obliging individuals stolidly insisted on passing over directly in front of the runners, without changing their slow pace or seeming in any way affected by what was going on. During the bicycle race especially many individuals appeared utterly regardless of the feelings of the riders, and Mr. Lathrop was often...
...Israel was invaded many times by great armies-first by the Assyrians, then by the Babylonians, and still later by the Persians. At the same time there was great corruption, social and moral, within the Hebrew nation. These men, believing themselves the mouth-pieces of God, kept the old Jewish faith and patriotism alive by denouncing the wretchedness of the rulers and painting the glorious future of the Jewish people. They declared that all the misfortunes of the nation were manifestations of God's displeasure. Their prophecies concerning the brilliant future of the nation the so-called Messianic prophecies- were...
Although the management of the Tennis Association has opened the gravel courts for the season, the unsatisfactory state of the weather has kept men from using them. Not half the courts are in use and the men who do go out play in such a halfspirited way that it is plain that they are forcing the tennis season at the expense of their own comfort. Sweaters are the order of the day rather than jerseys. The courts on Jarvis Field are not occupied, and only those around Holmes show any life. The turf courts will not be ready for some...
...dated December 18, 1882, is as follows: "In case the inventory of my estate, as returned to the Probate Court having jurisdiction of my will, shall amount to $250,000, I give to the president and fellows of Harvard College the sum of $25,000, the same to be kept as a separate fund, and the income thereof to be used in such manner as in the judgment of the president and fellows will be most advantageous for the purposes of the college in any of its departments, and should such inventory amount to $300,000, then I give said...