Word: run
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...year accounts are audited by a committee and found to be all right. If the expenses have seemed too large to any contributor or he system wrong, all he can do is to refuse to contribute the next year. Thus if the club has run into debt the only redress for those who support it is to run it still further into debt, by refusing to contribute. The ineffectiveness of this method of redress is therefore apparent at once, and there seems to be no other method which can be employed. The contributors are at the mercy of the manager...
...Ellis, run...
Harvard's batting was very heavy, but unfortunate. In the sixth inning five hits for a total of seven were made and only one run was scored. Bingham's pitching was very effective. What hits Brown got were badly scattered. Harvard's errors, however, allowed the runs to pile...
...soon as the winter vacation was over, the candidates began to train regularly in the gymnasium. Three or four hundred strokes on the machines, a little light dumb-bell exercise and a short run up North avenue constituting the regular daily exercise. During the winter, Hanlan, the champion oarsman, visited the gymnasium and seemed very much interested in the work of the crew. He made several comments upon the rowing which were, of course, of great...
...paper decking in the bow and stern, and some of the inside rigging. Instead of having the common swivel row-lock, the boat is rigged with the old-fashioned tholepins, which look very clumsy. The seats are rather smaller than those in use in the Water boats, and run upon wooden rollers. The oars are very long, and the blades are only 6 1-2 inches wide; the oars in general use are generally a full inch wider...