Word: match
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Nine, this fall, has played four match-games and one practice-game. In the match-games the Nine made a total of 28 runs against a total of 23 for their opponents. The Nine ranks as follows in the batting record for this fall: Tower, average T. B., 500; Leeds, .444; Latham, .391; Tyng, .347; Thatcher, .333; Thayer, .304; Ernst, .235; Nash, .227; Wright, .200; Sawyer...
...foot-ball match with Yale will take place to-morrow in New Haven, at two o'clock. The Fifteen is made up as follows...
...fact that Harvard has played the game for the last year or so should be no obstacle to its adoption. The rules themselves, not the College, should be criticised. If the other colleges could witness a good game played according to the Rugby rules, such as the late match between Harvard and Tufts, we are sure that they would be favorably impressed with the merits of the game...
...give a notion of the expenses of the Club, we will quote from a letter recently sent us by one of its members. Subscribers of course expect seats, and it is necessary to erect them temporarily for each match. The person who bought the seats last year finds it impossible to erect them for a single day at a smaller price than $75, - three times what he gave for them. To prevent non-subscribers from occupying the seats, it has been found necessary to rope in a portion of the field, and to hire police-officers to guard it against...
...whose noisy behavior disturbs the residents of the neighborhood. The employment of a single watchman would put an end to this, and his wages would be a less serious drain upon the treasury of the Nine than the $ 75 which must now be paid to a monopolist whenever a match is played...