Word: lays
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which she recently made to Yale. At the conference at Springfield Yale saw fit to refuse those offers. In taking such action Yale doubtless had her own reasons for deciding to change her course from the one which she adopted in the beginning of the season, and thus to lay herself open to the just charge of inconsistency. She had equally good reasons, we doubt not, in refusing to do what she could to prevent further misunderstanding in future years, by making some arrangement for annual games with Harvard, without reference to other colleges...
...eighth event was a handicap one mile safety. Tyler, H. B. C., with a handicap of 140 yds., won easily in 2 min. 34 2-5 sec. The main interest lay in the struggle for second place between Rich, N. Y. C. A., scratch, and Davis, H. U. C. A., 30 yds. Rich passed Davis and led until within a hundred yards of the finish, when Davis, by a magnificent spurt, pushed ahead and won by about a length. Time 2 min. 40 3-5 sec. The last lap was ridden in 37 seconds. This gave Harvard 2 firsts...
...college Seeley was known as a painstaking and industrious student. He took an unusually large number of courses, and distinguished himself by getting honorable mention in Mathematics. But few people realized how hard he struggled to support himself. By great exertions he managed to lay by enough to enable him to graduate. He never, however, received his diploma. The little sum so dearly earned was lost, but through no fault of his. Too pround to accept a loan offered by a classmate, he left college and took a position as assistant engineer...
...Howland, No. 2, 165 lbs.; McDuffe, No. 3, 165 lbs.; Loomis, No. 4, 168 lbs.; Dunkerson, No. 5, 171 lbs.; Kinney, No. 6, 171 lbs.; H. B. Perkins, No. 7, 162 lbs.; Van Huyck, stroke, 172 lbs., Polk, substitute, 171 lbs.; Holmes, substitute, 159 lbs.; Sedgewick, 169 lbs.; Lay, 171 lbs.; Tishel, 168 lbs.; and Pope. 156 lbs. The average weight of the crew is 166 lbs. Its chief faults are: Poor time, slowness in starting the slide, at the beginning of the recover, a tendency to bury oars at the finish, to kick out the slides on the catch...
...final contest in the Yale billiard tournament lay between S. Morrison and W. B. Franklin. Morrison won after a very exciting contest, winning by a score...