Word: pit
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...most formidable players in college. The mere winning of a prize is not the primary object for which the tournament was originated, but rather that all who enjoyed tennis might go in, try their luck, and have some sport. This spirit of dreading to pit oneself against a better player for fear of being beaten is entirely out of place here. However, those who have entered seem determined to struggle hard for the championship, and as the courts are now in prime condition and the weather promises to be fair for a few days at least, the games will probably...
...Harvard Overseers have fallen into the pit of compromise on the subject of intercollegiate athletic contests...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: I find that among the names in the tug-of-war team which '88 proposes to pit against the other classes, in the present inter-class contest, there is one man of a member of the junior class who also figures upon the University Tug-of-War Team. It seems to me that, beside being in direct opposition to the established precedent of the college in the case of other athletic organizations, this is hardly fair. In making up the nines, crews and teams which shall represent the college in all intercollegiate sports, we pick...
...inner curb, ran Rogers, of Harvard, while Sherrill, of Yale, was in the middle of the path, and so nearly in front of Lund (or Horr) that the picture shows, only part of his head, part of each shoulder, a thin strip of his left side from arm-pit to hip, and a faint trace of some part of his right leg. Neither of his feet are seen, and no human intelligence could determine from this picture whether he was a yard ahead or a yard behind Rogers...
...Responses were made to the following toasts: The New Administration, Merriam, '86; The Old Administration, Baldwin, '85; Ethical Relation between Hash and Dyspesia, Wheeler, D. S.; Our Trials and Tribulations, Houston, L. S.; Cockroaches, Hayward, S. S.; Auditing Committee, Huddleston, '86; Ladies in the Gallery and Ladies in the Pit, Davidson, '85; The Board in the Matrimonial Platform, Allen, '88; Memorial Drinks, Rogers, '86; Danger of Encouraging Athleticism among the Waiters, Churchill, '88; The Aristociacy of the Little Room, Vogel, '87; The Hall, Mr. Fiske...