Word: play
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...University Nine will remain in Cambridge during the vacation. They will play the New Bedfords Fast Day, and the Bostons, Saturday, April...
Last Saturday I was vegetating in St. Goar Library, on the Rhine. Now, owing to the numerous Puritanical cliques in this charming city, the conseil municipal (corresponding to what you call the Library Council) has come to the conclusion that, after going to church, a man ought never to play billiards or cards, or drink anything stronger than H2O, enlivened by a little soda-water, alleging that nothing is more detrimental to orthodox principles than having the mind occupied on the Sabbath. So they close the library and close the cafes and close the shops, thus obliging you to seek...
...Sophomore and Freshman nines play the first Tuesday after vacation...
...Freshman ball nine will play the Yale Freshmen, April 26, at New Haven, and May 24, at Boston. The third game, if one is necessary, will be arranged hereafter...
...ENGLISH CRICKETERS COMING.- Arrangements are in hand for the visit of three English cricket teams to this country during the present year. The first to come will be Lord Harris's twelve, now playing in Australia. This team will leave that country in April, and will arrive at San Francisco in May, and from that time until the last of June will play through the States and Canada. Its games with the New York and Philadelphia clubs promise to be very interesting. The team plays an American eleven in Philadelphia about the 15th of June. The next team to visit...