Word: showings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Physical Injury. - (a) Experience not statistics show this. - (b) Studies in college or work outside and athletics, carried on together result in a break down. - (c) Short periods of training do not affect general character...
...High, played a much stronger game than was expected, and came very near winning the tournament. The first sets brought out some of the best tennis playing that has been seen on the Harvard courts; but Chace's sore hand bothered him considerably in the last sets, and Budlong showed the effect of the hard work he had already done in the tournament, so both men let up perceptibly on their pace. Thus the close of the match, while interesting on account of its closeness, did not show either man at his best. The final score...
There is always danger, however, that anything like this will be carried too far, and the game yesterday went to show that a halt should be called already. Certain means of rattling the players, testing their coolness and nerve are perfectly legitimate; but let the interference stop there. After all, the object is to see which team can play the better and steadier game, and any practices which prevent a team from playing its best (beyond the practices of legitimate rattling) are distinctly to be discouraged. Using mirrors to throw the sunlight into the players' eyes, a practice which...
Harvard became a trifle rattled in the sixth. King got his base on balls, and proceeded to show Harvard what base running was, stealing second and then third. He scored on an attempted put out. Mackenzie reached third, only to be thrown out at the plate on Ramsdell's hit. Ramsdell stole second, went to third on Wright's hit, and scored on Highlands wild throw to Dickinson. Brooks flied out to Paine, who fielded the ball very neatly, leaving Wright on third. Harvard went out one, two, three...
...first game which a Harvard nine has played with Princeton for three years, and the first of the series of four most important games of the present season. It will be a great encouragement to the team to have a large number of men cheer them off, and show the confidence which the college puts in them to win a victory in tomorrow's game...