Word: match
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...which the Rifle Corps appeared this week, and which was furnished by several gentlemen of Boston who are interested in the corps, is chaste if not magnificent. It consists of a dark blue coat, cut like a West Point dress-coat, with white lacing and facings, trousers to match, and a blue cap with white pompon. The officers are distinguished from the privates by their gold lacing and facings and crimson pompons, as well as by their style...
...disgusting and exaggerated pictures of manners at the Dining Hall, the Advocate inquires once in a while if the omission of Veritas from the western window is intentionally sarcastic, and the Crimson inserts in its columns, when they are not very full, little essays on "Memorial Hall as a Match-box." But the wonder is that no one writes "A Dream in Sanders Theatre," or "A Midnight Adventure in the Tower." These suggestions are offered for what they are worth; the writer's only hope is that contributors to College papers will not descend to the barbarism of writing "Memorial...
...game between our Nine and the New Bedfords was played yesterday afternoon on the Boston Grounds, and resulted in a second victory for the home club. The New Bedfords did not make as exciting a game as was expected, and their pitching was less effective than in the last match...
...pleased to announce in our columns this week the excellent record which our Nine has made during vacation. Three victories have been gained, and a single defeat sustained, in a match with a strong professional team, possessing one of the finest pitchers in the country; in this game, moreover, the Nine made but three errors. During the past week the new men have filled their positions with credit, and the veterans have maintained their well-earned reputations of last year. It is to be hoped that a better support will be given to the Nine this spring, especially when games...
...Spider has caught sight of me, - he is coming; but I am a match for him. He will find a barbed hook hidden beneath the fair exterior of this...