Word: pluckings
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...evident that Oxford's reserve power was much greater, as she soon lessened the distance between the boats, and took a good lead which she kept to the finish, crossing the line six seconds ahead of the Harvard crew. Although defeated, the Harvard men received much praise for their pluck and perseverance...
...injured seriously on the football field; but for that reason are we to cultivate effeminate dispositions and weak bodies? We hold that the game of football is a manly, invigorating, and ennobling sport. It teaches self-control, coolness at critical moments, quickness of motion, and gives a man that pluck and grit under difficulties that must always be of service in after life. The assertion is made that those who are training for some athletic team are "entitled to the preference in the gymnasium and elsewhere" and that those who have only good health in view are "Crowded...
...time. He was unable to come to time after this, and the bout was awarded to Lawrence. The sparring in this bout partook to a large degree of the nature of slugging, simple and unadorned, without having the redeeming quality of being scientific slugging. Both gentlemen, however, showed considerable pluck, particularly Lawrence...
...McAllister, L. S., and W. J. Bowen, L. S. The three rounds were very even, so much so that a fourth was called for. McAllister had all he could do to keep off Bowen's rushes, owing to the latter's great strength and weight, but he showed great pluck and coolness. At the end of the fourth round, McAllister was announced as the winner. The result was most warmly applauded and nothing would suit the audience but a recall of McAllister. It was disgraceful that during this bout there was repeated hissing at many perfectly fair blows. McAllister showed...
...good in "Fair Harvard," they see nothing to make men vain, but only the good begining of something which they intend to make better. Harvard is still growing. It has a future as well as a past, and the most remarkable things about its life to-day is the pluck, the true grit, with which its sons face the music of the present...