Word: side
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With regard to the present plans of the Park Commission, little has as yet been accomplished. Near Boylston street improvements have been made, and also opposite Longfellow Park. A speedway, for which there has been some demand, will probably run from the corner of Market street, just this side of the abattoir, across the marshes to the northwest corner of Soldiers Field. As this would be a mile drive, over level marshes, with no cross roads, it would make an excellent speedway. The Legislature has just appropriated a sum of money for the general uses of the Park Commission...
...shown by the plan, the diamond and gridiron will be on the southwestern side of the field. If possible, both will be on the same axis, pointing northwest, with an outlook directly across the marsh, which after the park improvements are made will be a very pleasant one. The gridiron and all that part of the field within the running track will be prepared for use by first stripping off the surface to a depth of about one foot and then grading. The dirt removed in grading will be thrown over the dike in the extreme western corner...
...raised for a baseball pavilion to be placed behind the backstop, and also for small locker houses beneath the seats of the football field for the greater convenience of the players. The steel seats now on Holmes Field will be moved over during the summer to form the side seats for both fields, and money must be raised to build new steel ones to replace the old wooden seats now on the southwest side of the field. The site for the new boat house has not yet been determined. It is thought that if it were placed next the bridge...
...game is practically that of a few innings when the scoring took place. In the second inning Harvard started the scoring. With two out Burgess reached first on an error by Letton and stole second. Dean then knocked a single and Burgess came home, but Dean retired the side by a failure to steal second...
first two sets Ward clearly out-played Ware, winning both rather easily, but the third Ware won, 6-4, by excellent lobbing and quick returns. In the last set Ward still forced the game but Ware played up to his old standard, making some brilliant drives down the side lines. In the last and deciding game Ware rallied, but a drive into the net and Ward's hard returns...