Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cleveland Club expect to have the services of Baker of the Harvard University team after he gets through college. Baker is a strong player...
...appears in the New York Times: "The remarks of President Eliot of Harvard, in his annual report, on inter-collegiate athletic contests have caused a good deal of comment. One journal in this city sagely says that probably no Harvard student ever thought seriously of becoming a professional baseball player or oarsmen. That may be true to a certain extent, but some Harvard men, nevertheless, have accepted money for their services as ball-players or boating men. Tyng, the famous catcher of Harvard, several years ago played a number of games with the Bostons, and Mr. Bancroft, the ex-captain...
...statements made by the N. Y. Times, contained in an article on the first page. we are not preapred to vouch for. As for Mr. Tyng's rocord we know that he is not now considered a professional ball player, he having been a member of a New York Amateur club of good standing last season. Such being the case, it is impossible that he should ever have received money for services on the ball field. Therefore, in the case of Mr. Tyng we think that the N. Y. Times is seriously at fault...
OBSERVER.EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON:- In your issue of Tuesday, you publish an article entitled "American vs. English Tennis" on which I should like to make three observations. In particular I would refer to the following sentences. "In volleying. the English player invariably takes the ball as late and as close to the ground as possible, and this he manages to do without losing speed in his return. In fact on the other side the return volley is immensely harder than it is in America. The advantage of this is obvious to anyone who has studied the game. In the American style...
...impossible for any man, even "the English player" to strike the ball below the net line "without losing speed in his return." The sole reason, therefore, why "on the other side the return volley is immensely harder than it is in America" lies in the general rule that men cannot hit quickly and hard too. The speed of the return depends upon the quality of the stroke, and an accurate gauging of the position of the ball. Consequently, unless the player is too near the net, the longer he waits, the better. The point is that a man should strike...