Word: match
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...GEORGE LEE, the Newark amateur who so nearly won at Henley last year, has become a professional oarsman, and has made his first match with J. A. Kennedy of Portland...
...event of great interest to all Harvard men will take place this spring, - the sculling-match between Mr. Livingstone, Yale, '79, and Mr. Goddard, Harvard, '79. After long negotiations, definite arrangements for the race have at length been made; it is to be rowed on the 9th of May at Lake Quinsigamond, the distance being two miles with a turn. Each side is to appoint two judges, one to remain at the start, and one to be at the turn; the referee has not yet been selected. As the contestants hold the championships of their respective colleges, the race will...
...second encounter, Messrs. Gaston and Hawkins were drawn together. For a time the match was too much in the former's favor to be exciting, but towards the end Mr. Hawkins showed signs of improvement. Mr. Gaston, however, easily won the bout...
...walls of Memorial Hall still serve as match-scratchers for reckless smokers...
...which can be done to prevent it, ''the famine which raged at New London on the 28th of last June" must to some extent rage there again on the 27th of next June. But who can paint the probable horrors of the case if the visitors to the Freshman match are allowed to "eat out the town" on the previous...