Word: tediousness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday afternoon Eighty-eight and Eighty nine played the third game in the class championship series on Jarvis. Although the score was very close, the game was very uninteresting owing to the tedious length to which it was drawn out. The game was called at the end of the eighth innings on account of darkness. Eighty-nine played very loosely at first, and in the second innings Eighty-eight made seven runs on four hits. After that Eighty-nine played much steadier and by their timely hitting won the game. Downer and Thayer each made a home run, and Palmer...
...suggest that the lacrosse management place tennis or back-stop nets at the east end of Jarvis next Saturday in order that long chases after the ball may be avoided. It is very tedious for the spectators to have the game frequently called to a halt while the referee chases after the ball beyond bounds...
...pleasure in playing a championship game of foot-ball with Yale College. And, perhaps, there is still less in rowing a race on the Thames. It is a real and earnest business, whether too much so for college sports is not the question here, and the long and tedious work is what will count for the most when the most is needed...
...gymnasium was comfortably crowded Saturday when the first Winter Meeting took place. For several years past this meeting has been long drawn out and tedious; this year by exception it was interesting and as short as could be expected. There was not a large number of entries, most of the contests being decided in one bout, but the men who had entered had trained well and made creditable exhibitions. For the past two years, since Mr. Lathrop has had classes, the wrestling has been good. This year it was no exception. The sparring, too, was scientific and satisfactory. The management...
...first Winter Meeting occurs today, and bids fair to be more interesting than in former years, on account of the transfer of part of the sparring to this day. This meeting is sometimes tedious, on account of the great number of events on the programme. The only way to make these events interesting is to make them as short and exciting as possible...