Word: seasons
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Saturday, May 8, the Harvard Eleven played their first match of the season at East Cambridge with the Mayflowers of Boston. The day was rainy and the ground was in a most wretched condition, and as a result the general play of both sides was poor. Sullivan and King, the two most important men of our Eleven, were absent, as early in the day there seemed no prospect of a game...
...near approach of the spring meeting of the Harvard Athletic Association renders energetic action upon the part of its friends absolutely indispensable. The lateness of the season has hitherto precluded out-door exercise to any great extent; there is, however, yet time to practise, and that, too, upon the field on which the contest for prizes will be held, as much depends upon acquaintance with the ground, due allowance for light, and practice in the presence of critical observers, to prepare contestants for the ordeal they must undergo...
...important races in America and of the English Universities and championship races, the Laws of Boat-Racing, with full notes and explanations; the National Association Regatta Rules, Constitution, and By-laws. The part devoted to Athletics contains a record of meetings in 1874 and a synopsis of the season, Laws of Athletics, Hints on Athletics, and, we are glad to say, a short "list of best performances in America," which "will serve as a beginning, to which additions may be made as the records are obtained." We hope that it will not be long before some of the performances...
...pursuit. Never before was so much general interest shown in Boating, but, at the same time, the Foot-Ball Eleven were never in such a prosperous condition, and, according to the wiseacres, we have not been represented by a Base-Ball Nine equal to the present one since the season...
...season for field and river sports opens, the increasing interest manifested in the various college associations for physical culture is most gratifying. The present week, notwithstanding the shiveriness of the temperature, has found the members of the different boating-clubs taking their invigorating pulls on the Charles; and the ball men have again sought Jarvis. This season, however, physical development has another candidate for our interest and favor in the Athletic Association. Last season this association was only in its promising infancy, but now comes before us as an organization ready to do a manly work in supplementing the physical...