Word: playfulness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Pedant Joue," by Cyrano de Bergerac, as it is to be performed in this year's theatricals of the Cercle Francais, will be in three acts. The original play is in five acts, but this was thought to be too long for the Cercle's production. In its revised form, the drama still retains the striking tone of de Bergerac. A synopsis of it is as follows...
...whose hand there are three aspirants, Chateaufort, a blustering swashbuckler, Gareau and La Trenblaye. Granger himself and his son, Charlot, are both in love with La Trenblaye's sister, Genevote. In the many amusing situations which result from this complicated state of affairs, Corbineli, Granger's body servant, plays an important part. He is the conventional servant of comedy who is always interesting himself in his master's private affairs, and it is he who originates all the clever tricks with which the play abounds...
...Garden City, L. I., yesterday, Harvard drew Columbia and won by the score of 29 holes to 0. Under the new system of scoring the score was 14 to 0. Princeton defeated Yale 11 holes to 7, or 7 points to 4 by the new system. Harvard will therefore play Princeton in the finals today...
Fast offensive play by the 'Varsity resulted in three touchdowns in the second half against the second eleven, who used the Pennsylvania defense. Towards the end of the practice, the first eleven gained at will through the second. All the men are in fine condition and were not seeming over-taxed by the long, hard work of the afternoon. In the preliminary practice Reid's punting was good, and he played throughout the game. Assisting Coach Dibblee in uniform, were Cranston, Lewis, and Waters, Fairchild, and W. C. Forbes...
...individual matches in yesterday's play resulted as follows: Harvard. Columbia. Clark, 5 Bates, 0 Hubbard, 6 Dixon, 0 Richardson, 8 Nash, 0 Averell, 1 Edwards, 0 Henderson, 2 Glenny, 0 Wadsworth, 7 Rhodes, 0 Totals, 29 0 Princeton. Yale. Griswold, 4 Robertson, 0 Stuart, 2 Cheney, 0 Pyne, 2 Hitchcock, 0 Kellogg, 0 Havemeyer, 4 Cook, 0 Byers, 3 Dahlgren, 3 Myers, 0 Total, 11 Total...