Word: match
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...works of art be admitted free of duty? 7. Should the State support Higher Education? 8. Are there any dangerous classes in America? 9. Should there be proctors at college examinations? 10. Should there be a fence around Jarvis? 11. Do the college authorities sufficiently encourage athletics? 12. Should match games with professional players be allowed...
Hopkins' fine play at first base on Saturday's game with the New Yorkers will lead to his being retained there. His brother - Yale's first baseman of '81 and '82 - could not have done better than he did in this match...
...vacancies in the Princeton lacrosse team will probably be filled by '86 men. The team will play two exhibition games before the first championship match, which is with Columbia. The game is growing in popularity at Princeton, although its merits are not appreciated by the mass of the college. The freshman class are taking to practice with some ardor. The team is crippled by the loss of Edwards, '85, who plays first base and exchange pitcher on the nine. Hewitt, '83, who has always played an excellent cover-point on the twelve, is at present laid up, and probably will...
...four-handed racket match for the championship of the English universities was played recently at Belgravia near London, between Oxford and Cambridge men, and Cambridge won the match by four games to one, making a total of 60 aces against 22. The score in 27 matches now stands 14 for Cambridge and 13 for Oxford. From 1869 to 1875 Oxford won seven times in succession, and from 1876 to 1883 Cambridge has had a series of uninterrupted victories. The single-handed game was also won by Cambridge by a score of three games to one. Twenty-six single handed matches...
...Jasper Club of Manhattan College, is one of the strongest college clubs," says the N. Y. Times, "and will play a number of match games this season. This club sometime ago was refused admission into the college association, but it is thought that it is equally as strong as any of the members of that association, as it gave evidence by playing a very close game with the Metropolitan Club last week...