Word: loam
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...almost as bare as a billiard table, require but little work, and can be played on half an hour after a rain. The new land east of the new track could be made into bare courts at very little expense, by simply replacing the present thin layer of loam with one of clay, and grading so that the rain would not form puddles. Here is a chance for the officers of the Tennis Association to show that they are interested in the welfare of the members, by improving those courts on which the great majority of the members play, even...
...benefitted any by winter work. We understand that Corcoran and Derby have been corresponded with about training the men, but as yet no answer has been received from them. There is some talk about fixing up the old ball ground on the campus, by taking off the turf and loam, and filling in with hard gravel on the infield; but, in as much as this has been spoken of about every year, we presume that the turf will still retain its place on the ball ground...