Word: match
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Match 1.-7 glass balls, at 18 yards. First, Slocum, '86 ; W. Austin, '87. Second, Palmer, '87; F. Austin, '86; W. Allen, '86. Third, Tweddle...
...Match 2.-5 birds, 18 yards. First, Slocum, Tweddle, Allen. Second, Frye, F. Austin. Third, Palmer, J. S. Wright...
...Match 3.-5 balls, 18 yards. First, Slocum, Frye, Palmer, F. Austin. Second, Allen. Third, Tweddle, Wright, W. Austin...
...practice of playing match games in large cities for the sake of gate money has crept into college sports within the past few years. The evils resulting are many: it leads to the introduction of features which draw crowds, independently of the merit of the game and the spirit of fair play; it induces men to put themselves in the hands of speculators; it cultivates a passion for excitement in players and spectators which make ordinary games seem tame, thus depriving the great majority of college students of a motive for physical exertion. Therefore...
...club will shoot at Watertown tomorrow. The following will be the matches: Match 1.-7 glass balls, 18 yards rise, thrown from 5 angles. Match 2.-5 clay birds, 16 yards rise, 5 angles. Match 3.-5 glass balls, 18 yards, 5 angles. Match 4.-7 clay birds, 16 yards, 5 angles. A silver medal will be awarded the best aggregate score in the four matches, for which an entry fee of 25 cents will be charged. All intending to go will meet at the car office, Harvard square...