Word: plays
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large number of students gathered on Jarvis yesterday afternoon to watch the game for the class championship between Eighty-eight and Ninety. All were disappointed, however, for the captain of the senior nine withdrew his men from the field, refusing to play the game without an umpire of his own choosing, Mr. Downer was the regularly appointed umpire, but he failed to appear. Capt. Holden refused to allow another undergraduate to officiate in Mr. Downer's position, and as Capt. McKean would not agree to hire a professional umpire, the game was not played...
Eighty-eight and Ninety play today on Jarvis at four...
...Harvard freshmen will not play lacrosse. The faculty have refused to grant permission.- Princetonian...
...nuisance has been getting more and more intolerable, and must be stopped in some way. The new sod in the yard is trampled all over every day by these irrepressible youngsters; they gather in swarms whenever the Glee Club sings, and on Wednesday they used Holmes Field as a play-ground while the cricket match was going on, got in everybody's way, and yelled and hooted like young demons. Not content with this, a crowd of them took possession of Jarvis Field and played a game of base-ball there, refusing to give up the grounds to some students...
Toward the end of the match Tailer and Snow played loosely, and seemed discouraged by their adversaries' lead. Lee and Tallant, on the other hand, played a strong, steady game through-out, and Lee's play was especially noticeable in this respect. Snow played the most brilliant game, while Tailor's underhand strokes were very effective, and Lee and Tallant did some good placing. All four men played close to the net and volleyed a great deal. In the second set Tailer and Snow tried lobbing over their opponents' heads with good effect, but in the third most...