Word: sixths
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...about half a length which he held to the end. Time 9 minutes, 5 3-5 seconds. The fourth event was open to members of the Puritan club and was limited to open canoes, single blade. As only one man appeared, the race was a walkover. The fifth and sixth events were also walkovers. Stickney was the only contestant for the fifth, which was limited to decked canoes with double blades; while in the sixth, which was open only to tandem decked canoes, double blades, went to Cheney and Batchelder...
...other base hits brought in four runs. Schroll, Dean and Linn were left on bases in the third. In the fourth Willard made his two-base hit; this was followed by another two-base hit by Henshaw which gave Willard an earned run. In the fifth and sixth, Harvard went out in almost one, two, three order, and got no more runs until the seventh inning, when Schroll got first on called balls and, owing to a wild pitch and a short fly of Dean's managed to get home. Dean reached thrid by stealing bases and got home...
...Harvard did better than in the other games of the trip. Two runs were scored in the fifth inning by Harvard; Linn was given a base on balls, Howland hit safely and Willard sent them both home by his hard drive for three bases. Harvard scored again in the sixth inning on a single and errors, and in the eighth secured another run in the same manner. The Bostons scored about as they pleased. The score is as follows...
About one sixth of Goethe's works are autobiographical. Of these Professor Ripley devoted his attention to "Dichtung und Wahrheit" and "Italienische Reise." In writing the former Goethe's immediate object was to furnish to his readers a key so aid their apprehension and appreciation of the works he had already published. In this work, three volumes of which appeared in 1811, 1812 and 1813 respectively, Goethe gives a story of his early life. Many contemporary portraits also are included, among which that of Goethe's father, is especially valuable. "Truth and Fiction" is a very misleading translation...
This afternoon Dr Wheeler will deliver his sixth and last lecture on "Athenian Acropolis." These lectures have given men at college a good opportunity to hear something about the ancient architecture of Athens, and many have availed themselves of the privilege thus far. As this lecture ends the series all who can are urged to attend to night...