Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...receive from Mr. J. P. Howard a new recitation building, gymnasium and library buildings. a $25,000 statute of Lafayette, and $50,000 for the endowment of a Professorship of Natural History. Besides this the university has lately received $40,000 in miscellaneous bequests, as well as the splendid library of the late Geo. P. Marsh, numbering 12,000 volumes...
...carried over the line, and a touchdown scored for Harvard, bringing out cheer upon cheer from the benches. The ball was punted out but was caught too far from the poles and Keith missed the goal. In the second three-quarters Harvard played magnificently, Kendall, Cabot and Ayers doing splendid tackling, while Wesselhoeft gained ground every time he touched the ball. The Princeton men felt the strain and devoted themselves entirely to the defense. Captain Peace undertook the "block game," so characteristic of Princeton, and with wonderful coolness and tact held the ball nearly thirty minutes, touching back repeatedly...
...nothing whatever to do with fielding assistance. By this system it is impossible to tell a pitchers's skill as a pitcher. Under this rule, in fact, Daily, the one-armed pitcher, who is physically incapacitated for fielding equal to others, exceeds every fielder in the league, such splendid fielders in the pitcher's position as McCormick, Ward and others being nowhere...
Next year the present splendid infield of the Boston nine - Morrill, Burdock, Wise and Sutton - will be retained, and Buffington will also be a member of the team. Richardson, Rowe, Brouthers, Galvin, Force and Foley have been engaged by the Buffalos. The Chicagos will only make one change, letting Quest go and replacing him by Gerhardt, if the latter be reinstated. Ewing of the Troys has had several very tempting offers, and will without doubt play as change catcher for Chicago or with the New York League team. The Clevelands have retained nearly all their present nine, including Glasscock, Dunlap...
...climax by giving to her greatest rival about the last game she had at her disposal. The more we think of the game the more we are perplexed. The game was lost by the wildness of our pitcher and by one very bad error which alone marred the otherwise splendid record of the man who made it. A base on balls and a wild throw lost a game which had been won on its merits. The result of this game is but another illustration of the prevailing weakness of college players. They can generally pick up balls and make brilliant...