Word: timed
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...give the Nine all the encouragement in our power by sending a large delegation to New Haven. The liberal terms offered by the New York and New England road make it possible for many to go who have been prevented hitherto only by the expense; and the loss of time need not be so great, for it is perfectly possible, by leaving Boston in the nine o'clock morning train to reach New Haven in time to see the game. By all means let the Harvard men keep together on the grounds, and, if possible, persuade the Nine, by their...
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE withdraws from that poor little Intercollegiate Literary Association. Their reasons are, lack of interest, lack of money, lack of facilities, lack of time, lack of "representative men." These difficulties we have abridged from the five resolutions which are given at length in the last Lafayette College Journal...
Columbia. - This college held her sports at Mott Haven last week, but the fields were small, and the performances poor. Princeton held her sports about the same time, but her events were not productive of many starters or even fair time...
...prizes given in each instance will be handsomer than ever before, and they are worth hard work. Those offered by the kindness of private gentlemen and club tables are made conditional on a given time being equalled or beaten, and that is quite right; if gentlemen subscribe handsome medals or cups, they do so to induce men who do not train for the honor or love of athletics, to train sufficiently at least to make our time creditable and respectable. Were we to criticise the gentlemen at all, it would be rather on account of the generous allowance of time...
There is certainly more interest and enthusiasm shown in athletic sports now than there has been for some time past, and it depends only on ourselves whether or not we shall increase or decrease that interest by the number of men who enter the sports. There are men enough at Harvard who can run and walk and jump; we have plenty of good material; all that is now wanted is a little more energy on the part of athletic men, and a willingness to sacrifice their personal comfort for a time to their physical and even mental good...