Word: team
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Columbia's tug-of-war team has been practicing three times a week since college opened...
...members of the Cornell football team were presented by their manager with small oxidized silver footballs as mementos of the season...
...experiment was recently tried in England to test the speed of a cricket ball. Turner, the well-known fast bowler of the Australian team, made the trial The testing apparatus consisted of a chronograph and a screan, across which wires were stretched, and through these wires electric currents were passed. When the ball cut the wires the record was instantly marked on the chronograph. The speed of the ball was discovered to be 81 feet a second or 55 miles an hour...
...candidates for the Harvard lacrosse team or for the freshman lacrosse team must be on Jarvis...
...taking immediate steps for holding weekly contests in jumping, pole vaulting, and the tug-of-war in the gymnasium during the next term. As out-door exercise is practically out of the question during the winter months, the gymnasium should be used by the candidates for the Mott Haven team to the best advantage. The special contests to which we refer were held Thursday evenings last year, and contributed in no small degree to the success of the Mott Haven team last spring. Prizes should be offered to the men showing the most progress in each of the different events...