Word: match
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...faculty does not place sufficient confidence in the lad, and his "honor," part of character is dwarfed. These annual sports at Harrow were very enjoyable. Fine, manly boys, happy as the lark, and perfectly ignorant of the big old fight of life before them. I saw a running match of one hundred yards, one for a quarter of a mile, and a rattling one mile race, by four contestants. Hurdle racing and jumping concluded the first day's exercise. I could not remain the second day, but had sufficient experience at Harrow to urge earnestly the father and mother...
...NOLEN.HARVARD CRICKET CLUB. - The following men will play on the team in the match against Waltham to-day, and will meet at the gymnasium at 12 o'clock sharp. R. D. Brown, W. H. Hunnewell, G. T. Quinby, W. M. Paul, R. W. Frost, T. W. Balch, S. Dexter, L. Sullivan, W. G. Barney, A. B. Whiting and W. Ellis...
...afternoon a team composed of Clyde, Greene, Austin, Oakes, Meade and Palmer defeated the Jamaica Plain Gun Club team at the Shooting Club's grounds at Watertown. It will be remembered that a short time ago the Jamaica Plains were victorious on their grounds, and the third and deciding match, which is to take place at Jamaica next Thursday, will be looked forward to with interest by all lovers of the shot-gun. In the match Saturday, Harvard took the lead in the first round, and maintained it to the end. The shooting by Palmer and Clyde was remarkably good...
...lacrosse team played its first match yesterday afternoon on Jarvis against the Independents of Boston. The visitors were not able to put a full team in the field and three Harvard men consented to make up the twelve...
...Lacrosse team has received an invitation from the Montreal Lacrosse Twelve to play a match at Montreal sometime during the coming season...