Word: match
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that he will infuse a little more vigor into the team and make the men trying for the team begin practice at once. The Princeton team has been hard at work ever since the fall term began, and have even gone so far as to play two or three match games with strong amateur clubs. Unless our lacrosse players are anxious to compete next spring heavily handicapped, it behooves them to give up the lack-a-daisical spirit which they have hitherto shown and practice daily from now until Thanksgiving...
...regular meet of the Harvard Shooting Club was held yesterday afternoon at the club's grounds in Watertown. The matches were not largely contested, owing to the absence of many members who were attending the class races. In match A, Greene made the highest score, 8 points, and in match B, P. Marquand made a score...
...whom to choose the half dozen necessary for the university. More than this, it means a team picked from the remaining 40 to give the university practice. This has been for years a strongly-marked feature in the Yale game. Her team always show by their play in a match that they have been pitted against strong and good men in practice, whereas the other teams give evidence of having enjoyed too easy victories over the 'scrub' side...
...doubles, the postponed match between Kingsley and Jennings and Tailer and Chase resulted in a victory for the former...
...match was not devoid of interest, however. The defeated side played steadily for three sets but were apparently disheartened in the last. They evinced a decided tendency to get nervous, serving and playing hurriedly; with a little more experience they will do more justice to themselves. The winners played a slow, steady, and at times brilliant game and will deserve the title of champions...