Word: maye
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their recent report, absolutely neglected, in enumerating the various athletic sports at college, to mention the most popular one, that which is free from the numerous moral and physical abuses to which, it is said, the others are subject. I mean tennis. It is the most popular, if we may judge by the number who take exercise in the various games It is not brutal, or dangerous; nor does the excitement of the contest tend to cause participants or spectators "to resort to methods which their cooler judgment would condemn." Furthermore, this game gives ample opportunity for developing sound bodies...
...dates for the Yale-Harvard freshman games are officially announced to be May...
...yesterday were amply repaid for their trouble by witnessing as exciting a team match as has been shot this year It seems that the Pennsylvania men have profited by their two defeats of last season, and as a result they sent up to Cambridge a team of which they may well feel proud. The visitors took the lead on the first round, and held it to the finish, but from this it must not be inferred that the match was a one-sided affair, for, when the last bird of the 320 shot at had been broken, it was found...
Summary.- University of Pennsylvania vs. Harvard. Teams of four; 40 birds per man; 5 angles; 12 bores at 16 yards, 10 bores at 18 yards. Watertown, May 10, 1888. Score by rounds...
...very close one, but the superiority of the visitors was so evident as to leave but small room for controversy as to the respective abilities of the two teams. We are glad to see such a friendly rivalry as now exists so well established, and though a shooting match may not create as much enthusiasm as a base-ball game, certainly the enjoyment of those who take part in it is fully as keen as in any other sport. The dinner which was tendered the visiting team last night denotes a spirit of friendship which always adds to the pleasure...