Word: three
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...swelter here in dirt and in wretchedness when the pure delights of the Turkish bath await us in the adjoining city? How great is the advance of American civilization when the choicest luxury of the pampered Oriental is brought to our very doors! The other day, after groaning for three hours over a tough annual, I was struck with an unusually brilliant idea: I would take a Turkish bath and come out an altered...
...straight-out muffin game in the field, and at the bat Hooper was complete master. Our Nine were almost entirely free from that nervousness which usually takes possession of them in Yale matches, and fielded in fine style. Cutler won fresh laurels by his magnificent fielding, while the three basemen, aided by Annan, rendered running the bases an extremely delicate matter for their opponents. Hodges made the very creditable score of no outs, seven runs, four base-hits, and two double plays. Harvard's batting was a succession of heavy, safe hits. It is entirely incompatible with the theory...
...brilliant hits. In the second inning, when the Alphas were seven out for 66, they hit their wickets, hoping to put out the Harvards before dark. The Harvards went to the bat, and it seemed as if they would have the option of hitting their wickets also; for only three wickets were down for thirty runs when darkness ended the game. The following is the score...
...three lower classes each intend to enter a first and second crew. Of the first crews, the Junior has been rowing longest together, and, with the exception of one or two weak-places, seems to pull the strongest of any. There is a visible drag in their boat at times, principally after a long row, which no doubt will not be seen in the race...
...delivering the poem. This part was written upon very short notice by Mr. Osborne, and in spite of the difficulties attendant on this, he succeeded in producing as entertaining an occasional poem as we remember hearing. The local allusions, as he summed up the four years' experience of seventy-three, were capital, and the audience were very enthusiastic throughout. The introduction struck us as so excellent that we take the liberty of quoting...