Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Varick vs. Bradley. First round: Varick opened the round with quick hitting, but was easily kept off by the able defence and long reach of Bradley who planted hard neck and blows right and left on Varick's face. At times the men closed but were quickly parted by the referee. Varick took Bradley's blows hardly and boxed with much effort, Bradly remaining for the greater part on the defensive...
Third round. Careful fighting on both sides but especially by Blodgett, who did not like to come within reach of Faulkner's blows. Blodgett did a good deal of turning and received hard blows in the back and sides, but generally the men did not fight well, but fouled continually. Finally Faulkner was ruled out after three warnings for foul hitting, leaving Blodgett victor...
...following officers were elected: President, Adams Crocker, of Harvard; first vice-president, N. G. Williams, of Yale; second vice-president, N. S. Dike, of Brown; secretary and treasurer, G. W. Wadsworth, of Amherst. Messrs. A. G. Spaulding Brothers of Chicago, Wright and Ditson of Boston, and A. J. Reach of Philadelphia, offered bids for furnishing the official balls for next season. The matter was referred to the judiciary committee which reported in favor of the Wright and Ditson ball. Messrs. Wright and Ditson were also authorized to publish the college baseball records and rules. Applications for membership were then received...
...shortly to be issued by a recent graduate. It will consist of a set of large sized Harvard Views and a set of portraits of college instructors. There are always a number of men in college who desire heliotypes, and this collection is intended to place within their reach a supply of those subjects which are of interest to the college at large, and for which there is a permanent demand, but which could not be obtained by any single class at a sufficiently low rate...
...summer weeks spent in the country, where he yearly escapes the burdens of business or of a profession. For the chances are ten to one that after leaving college a man will never either sit in a shell or take part in a game of ball. Within easy reach of all our large cities, however, may be had good hunting, and he who had in his college days become a fair wing shot and acquired a taste for shooting will find open to him during his vacation a never ending means of enjoyment. Nothing will more refresh an overworked mind...