Word: run
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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BOSTON THEATRE.- "A Run of Luck...
...ball practice knows what an unmitigated nuisance the "American youth"- or in other words-Cambridge muckers, make of themselves, by continually rushing in and out among the spectators, yelling and hooting and making themselves generally obnoxious to everybody. These atoms of brass even go so far as frequently to run across the foot-ball field, to the annoyance of the players and the disgust of the spectators. Now-as they well know-these embyro ruffains have no business whatever to cross the fence which bounds Jarvis on its four sides. The (college) law says so, and if the law were...
...Auburn street where there was a clear cut until Watertown was reached. Here the hares started cross country, over half ploughed fields, full of rocks and stubble. At this point some of the hounds gave out, probably from the supposition that if they had been built for running, nature would have furnished them with four legs instead of two, and accordingly took the horse-cars back to Cambridge. After passing by the Brighton abattoir, the scent was found leading down Brighton avenue, but as darkness began to set in, it was voted to abandon the scent and strike...
HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB.- This week a series of three matches will be opened as follows: Match A, open to all: 10 clay pigeons; 18 yards rise; 5 angles. Match B, handicap: 10 bluerocks; same conditions. Match C, handicap: 10 bats; same conditions; first prize-winners barred. Each match to run three weeks; best two scores to count...
...advise these men to take sober walks that they may avoid over-exertion and broken bones, is an absurdity, but they may accept and profit by advice as to how best to develop their powers. Still, to these the monotony of the gymnasium will in the long run become irksome. The tennis player will admit that his right arm exceeds his left, without caring to correct it. He cannot correct it without taking time from his favorite game, and there by injuring his proficiency. Is it likely that he will make this sacrifice from an abstract love of the symmetrical...