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Word: quickly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this time the New York men played a little loosely and out of position. Harvard saw it. Quick as a flash her men got the ball. By a succession of good throws and clever checking they got the ball to Harding. He was ready and by a quick throw made the first goal for Harvard. Time - 15 minutes. The score was tied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Another Defeat. | 6/1/1887 | See Source »

...Pullman car and would like to be again, and a third wishes to be a clerk on a steamboat. At least a dozen are ready to be hotel clerks, or even waiters if no better opening offers. Among the many is one skilled in wood carving and quick in using the tools of the box maker. There are a number who wish places in counting-rooms, banks, offices, or as salesmen in branch stores at popular seashore resorts. The most numerous body are applicants for positions as tutors, either of boys fitting for college or of children whose parents wish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 5/27/1887 | See Source »

...McPherson, '89, umpired very impartially and satisfactorily except in one or two decisions on bases, where the cloud of dust raised by a slide made a quick decision impossible. The score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/21/1887 | See Source »

Earned runs - Harvard, 5; Brown, 1. Three-base hits - Choate, Willard. Home run - Quick. First base on balls - Boyden, 1; Bingham, 2; Hunter, 10. First base on errors - Harvard, 13; Brown, 6. Struck out - Boyden, 3; Bingham, 7; Hunter, 8. Double plays - Cooke, Brownell and Kinney. Passed ball - Choate, 2; Kinney, 2. Wild pitches - Boyden, 2; Bingham, 1. Left on bases - Harvard 9; Brown, 4. Umpire - Mr. Egan. Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 5/18/1887 | See Source »

...better than it has been of late, slower, steadier, and more united. Let those who lead the cheering bear in mind that the Harvard cry consists of three times three 'rahs, with a short pause after every third 'rah, while in the Yale cheer the 'rahs occur in quick succession. And now '90, do your best hit the ball hard and doubtless to-night will be one of great rejoicing in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/18/1887 | See Source »

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