Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arrival were given quarters which proved to be well suited to their needs. The London rowing club immediately placed their boats and boat houses at the disposal of the Harvard men and treated them with great civility. The Harvard crew worked with great zeal to perfect themselves, for they saw clearly that they had a great undertaking on their hands, and that they were to row under great disadvantages...
...played in the nine for four years, during which time we played many games with the Boston and other professional clubs. During the entire time, I never saw anything of an objectionable character take place in our meeting with professionals. We never associated with them at all when off the ball field. They had no influence whatever with any of our men. On the other hand, we derived very great advantage from our games with them in base-ball proficiency...
...Yale's most famous foot-ball player, who followed the ups and downs of the game with the same keen interest as her husband, who had been coaching the Yale team. Bob Cook, the Yale oarsman, was also nervously pacing about the chalk line muttering to himself as he saw the Princeton giants jumping on the little Yale men."- N. Y. Herald...
...entries for the tennis tournament closed last night. It is a great pity that more teams did not enter for the doubles. Evidently many who had intended to sign the book at Bartlett's were frightened out of it when they saw the list of entries headed by a few of the most formidable players in college. The mere winning of a prize is not the primary object for which the tournament was originated, but rather that all who enjoyed tennis might go in, try their luck, and have some sport. This spirit of dreading to pit oneself against...
...little annoyance was caused yesterday because the authorities saw fit to close the Library and Gymnasium. The inconvenience of those who wished to use the Library was particularly great. A large number of men who thought of course the Library would be open as usual, expected to do a day's work for the examinations. Why the library should be shut on a day when many men would certainly desire to use the books is a little hard to see. To view the matter most charitably, the authorities showed a blameworthy thoughtlessness in depriving men of the aid they need...