Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would go. Now that the conditions are all made public and they learn the true state of affairs, it is to be hoped that they will still continue to be candidates. They have had as long experience as most of the men who have signed to go, and certainly stand a good chance of being selected. The only drawback is that no Harvard man was chosen to form part of the remainder of the team. Harvard certainly deserved a place on it for the reasons mentioned above. But the men already selected are supposed to be impartial, and we shall...
...standard, some courses might count as high as 120; others probably as low as 80. The value of any course thus determined would vary but little from year to year, and by averaging the values for several successive years, a value would be determined that could be allowed to stand a decide without injustice-at least with infinitely less injustice than under the present system. In this way the undue attractiveness of easy courses would certainly be remedied...
...saloon. All this was done in six minutes, the best time on record. Then the crowd rushed back to the campus to fight for the possession of the bowl, which was soon forced over the fence into the middle of Thirty-fourth street, where the sophomores made a determined stand. Here neither side had the advantage, and in the scrimmage every contestant had his turn wallowing in the gutter and the filthy mud of the street...
There is doubt if the records made at the Union meeting can stand, as the track was not measured with sufficient care...
...Yale captain, in a huff with the pitcher. "Certainly," says the pitcher, as he expresses his sympathy, and good feeling is restored. In this inning Yale scored one run on a terrific hit which took centre-field off his feet and dashed him against the bars of the grand stand. This was the most beautiful hit of the game. Princeton also scored one run on a bad error by shortstop, who, getting his finger knocked off, and stopping to pick it up before throwing, overthrew, and the man came around. In the seventh inning the umpire earned three curses...