Word: margin
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Metropolitan Stock Exchange announces the opening of an office in the Lyceum building, Harvard Square, where they are prepared to transact a general commission business on margin in stocks and grain. Private wire to New York and Chicago exchanges. Harvard men are invited to call...
According to the votes of this large jury the Harvard team beat that of the Twelfth Regiment; the New York Athletic Club beat the Racquet Club, and in the finals the Fencers' Club defeated the Harvard team by the narrow margin of one vote out of a jury of about fifteen. The Harvard team was composed of J. P. Parker '96, J. E. Hoffman '96, and A. G. Thacher '97. Hoffman showed the greatest improvement over last year's form. Among the New York fencers were Messrs. Post, Bothner and Townsend, who finished in the order named in the amateur...
Harvard's victory in the intercollegiate chess match, though won by a small margin, was a very satisfactory one. The contest with Columbia was intensely exciting and the winning of the individual championship by the latter college made the division of honors a very even one. We congratulate Harvard's representatives on their well-earned success...
This seems to indicate that Yale excels in offensive work and Princeton in defensive. Yale's line is much lighter than her opponents, except at centre. Yale's backs, on the other hand, outweigh Princeton's, though by only a slight margin. The average weight of the whole Princeton team is 1771/3 pounds; Yale averages 171.5 pounds. Both teams make the tackles their main object of attack. Princeton has eight veteran players, while Yale has only four men who played on the 'varsity last year. All things considered, the game promises to be very exciting and closely contested from start...
Harvard did win and by a good margin, though the latter appeared less in the size of the score than in the general control of the game which our eleven showed in the second half. It was gratifying and encouraging to see the snap and life with which the play began, continued to the last. That Michigan was a strong opponent became evident at the outset, but that Harvard was stronger was clear before the game was far advanced. Every player seemed to be doing his best and all worked together better than it has been the happiness of Harvard...