Word: matches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...evident from the attention which they paid to the contests that time had not chilled their interest or lessened their appreciation of the sports which used to delight them. Many Boston gentlemen, too, who enjoy witnessing a spirited contest with the gloves or an exciting wrestling match, and who make it a point always to be present at our meetings, were on hand and contributed by their presence to the general success...
...defence and at most only to hit his opponent when he approached dangerously near. Now, we object as much as any to unnecessary "slugging," but our observation at the last few winter meetings has been that much of the best and most legitimate sparring has been hissed. A sparring match consists in something more than "squaring off" and occasionally exchanging a blow, and if the spectators insist in hissing every sttempt to go beyond this we cannot hope to see much good work...
...Everett Athenaeum at its last meeting indulged in a spelling match...
...sure, the excitement over cricket in the English universities is intense, and in one city at least in this country a very general interest is shown in the game. But to one who has seen little of the game the idea of becoming greatly excited over a cricket match seems almost an absurdity. In base-ball one acquainted with the rules cannot fail to be intensely interested in a close game, but in cricket it is not only necessary to know the rules, but one must be able to appreciate the nicety of every stroke of the batsman...
...Another match factory started. The University of Mississippi is blessed with a co-ed department" is the way a Western paper puts...