Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hour or so in the early part of the afternoon, and then went to the nets, where they practised batting to Palmer's and Austin's pitching. The '88 nine has won the class championship every year since it has been in college, and the chances for repeating its success again this year are of the best. Many of the men who played yesterday are also trying for positions on the second nine. The list of candidates is as follows: Palmer, Austin, Page, Beals, Bailey, J. Austin, Paine, Stetson, Foss, Edwards, John Saxe, James Saxe, Holder...
...work, who does not waste his energy by dividing his thoughts between himself and his work and who does not banish all truth from his toil by dreams of paltry fame-this man finds himself at length possessed by God and wins from his own obedience the unsought, unexpected success. With this self-renunciation, with this active obedience is joined reverence, and we behold the man rising almost to the level of Christ...
...blowing and the cold, disagreeable weather precluded the possibility of good ball playing. The battery of the visitors was weak. The catcher was unable to throw to second base, which accounts for the large number of stolen bases. Trinity presented an inexperienced man as third, who was not a success. The playing of Wright and Cheritree was, considering the weather, good. The visitors scored their two runs in the sixthinning on a three-base hit by Barber, a base on balls, a wild pitch and a sacrifice by Shannon...
...plan of having Monday for a holiday instead of Saturday, has been tried at Cornell with great success...
...colleges could be induced to devote some attention to this invigorating sport, there is no reason why a championship series could not be begun-one which would attract the universal interest and support of the college. Cricket has obtained such a firm footing here that Harvard's chances of success ought certainly to be of the best...