Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...timely suggestion which we would heartily second. Some means should be taken at once to do away with the present abominable "shack" system. It is as much as one's life is worth to try to escape from the army of small fiends who besiege the expectant tennis-player with cries of "Shack, mister," or "Say, mister, I'll shack yer fur fi' cents." Indeed, it it almost impossible to play on crowded Jarvis without "shacks" to watch the balls. It is admitted by one and all that this system is a very obnoxious one. It would be quite possible...
...Studd, the famous cricket player of Cambridge University; England, who has already spoken at Yale, Princeton and other colleges, will be at Harvard on March 12, and is to speak in Sever...
...freshman class of Princeton possesses a very bright and promising young tennis player by the name of Mudge. As yet he is small and undeveloped, but with a little more practice he is looked upon by his class mates as a coming champion...
...home run between the Chicagos and New York. In explanation of this illustration, I found the following: "The picture in our to-day's issue represents a sort of contest in running and ball-throwing, which is very popular in North America, but wholly unknown in Europe. Twenty-four players divide off into two opposing parties, and every man is given a fixed position on a large field, from which he tries his utmost to achieve glory and victory for his side. The game consists in alternately running, hurling a wooden ball, and the so-called "base," which...
...Yale News thus speaks of our new foot-ball captain: William A. Brooks has had considerable prominence as a foot-ball player, being captain of the Exeter eleven, and playing on his class team. He is better known as an oarsman, rowing at present No. 7 in the University boat. he rowed in his class boat during the spring of 1884, and rowed in the 'varsity boat last year...