Word: matches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lacrosse match has been arranged for Oct. 20, between the Unions of Boston and the Harvards. The game will be played on Jarvis field...
...undoubtedly soon be overcome. On the whole the captain is to be congratulated on the showing of the team so far, and the eleven merits all the encouragement that the college can furnish them in the subsequent practice. Wesleyan played a very commendable up-hill game, and the return match later will surely be a very interesting one. Beattys, their half back, did the best kicking of the game, while Gordy in the rush line did some very brilliant rushing...
...instant and then went off to one side. Then the freshmen had it all their own way and pushed '86 around the field, circling all around. When the rush was over rings were formed by hard struggling for the wrestling. Here the sophomores were very successful, winning nearly every match. A break for the gate was made by a false alarm...
...perfect back-player will stand and volley a weak back-player, for the very good reason that it saves his strength, and is at the same time a winning game to play. There is not a doubt that a volleyer has an enormous advantage, and in a match, say of five sets, you will see the back-player flushed and exhausted, and the volleyer comparatively as cool as a cucumber. Ergo, which, if you can do both, is the best game? The question is not worth asking...
...method which Yale is trying this fall of having a class tournament in tennis to determine who shall represent the college at the coming intercollegiate match at Hartford is said to work very well. The immediate effect of the change has been to nearly double the number of entries, which now amount to fifty. The HERALD has already suggested the advisability of a trial of this method in one of Harvard's tournaments; our argument would seem to be strengthened by the result of Yale's experiment...