Word: nine
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...THIRD Nine of the H. P. C.: Skinner, Peters, Allen, Townsend, French, Ellis, Suire, Learned, and Stow...
...still on the war-path. The Bowdoin Orient and the Dartmouth are the special objects of his spite this time. Hear what he says: "The Orient has seven editors, but we never could, and probably never will, be able to locate their labors. The paper has no editorials. "The nine boyish editors of the Dartmouth are in paroxysms of grief..... Why our editors do not flaunt their patronymics to the breeze is none of the Dartmouth's business." Harvard comes in for the following: "This [i. e. the restriction of books at the Library] is too bad; pious Harvard students...
...suggestion, was drunk with "Highland Honors." The toast to "The Ladies" was responded to by Mr. Godkin. Mr. C. R. Sanger responded for the committee. Mr. G. P. Upham was called upon to respond for the foot-ball eleven, and Mr. F. A. Barton for the base-ball nine. Mr. Brandegee, in his response for the crew, gave a brief description of the race last summer at Owasco Lake, and stated some facts regarding the circumstances of the race and time of the crews which considerably lessened the significance of Cornell's victory. Mr. C. Sprague was called upon...
...walls were photographs of college athletes, some of whom I recognized. "But who are these?" said I, pointing to a group of men of unmistakably Hibernian proclivities. "That's the last year's Harvard nine. When Ernst left, we were unable to fill his place from the College, so we hired Tommy Bond to come in as special student. Since that, our whole nine has become professional. "That fellow," pointing to a particularly villanous-looking specimen of the plug ugly, "is Mike Rooney the shortstop." I waited to hear no more, but turned and left the building. What...
...Courant says of base-ball prospects: "We have every reason to look forward with hope to the nine, for the retrieving of our lost honors of last year. Captain Hutchinson is doing vigorous work in the base-ball interests of the college. Negotiations have been on foot, now for a long time, for the series of games that will begin with the opening of the season." The Courant is at present exchanging compliments with the Record, as witness the following: "When we turn to the exchanges our surprise all vanishes as we see the students of Cornell characterized as 'muckers...