Word: plucking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Eastman. Williams was quickly shut out in the ninth inning, and the game was won. The features of the game were the fine work of the Harvard battery, both in the field and at the bat, the catching of Eastman who held Tuck's wild throws with great pluck. Edgerly's play at second is also worthy of special notice. The following is the score...
...announcement that the spring tennis tournament will be held next week, ought to bring out as many players as possible. Every man who can play at all should pluck up courage and sign the book which has been placed at Bartlett's, before Saturday evening. Let no one hold back through modesty or through fear of being beaten. The managers of the association have taken great pains to make this tournament a successful one in every respect; and all tennis players should feel called upon to assist them by entering, even if they do not feel confident of carrying...
...final bout between Whitelaw, '87, and A. C. Coolidge, '87, was marked for the pluck with which the former received many hard blows and the rapidity with which the latter delivered them. Whitelaw withdrew after the second round and the bout was awarded to Coolidge...
...inches, and gained another inch on one of Ewald's first attempts to heave, '88 did not regain any of this lost ground notwithstanding her phenomenal rope team, and Tech. had 3 inches at the end of the five minutes. The result is due to the extreme pluck of the Tech. men and the slowness and inexperience of the '88 anchor. The Harvard team was as follows: Ewald, Chase, Purdon and Pease...
...fail to appreciate, the efforts which most of our athletic men are continually making during the examinations. They are training quietly and patiently throughout these weary weeks that Harvard may win more athletic laurels next spring. The course of training which these men have to undergo severely taxes their pluck and perseverance. Probably at examination times when they are exhausting so much of their mental energy, the strain is greater than at the time of a race, when they are buoyed up by the excitement of the moment. Do we fully appreciate the sacrifice which they are making...