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...slow. Hovey and Chase won the set by a score of 6-4, and also the following one-score 6-0-thus winning the three sets. Hovey and Chase were in good form, and played a strong and unfaltering game. They seemed to play more with the idea of tiring out their opponents, although many of their returns were beautifully done. They did not seem to tire at all, where as Tallant and Lee showed the effect of the first set, and were visibly tired out in the last two. Their chief fault was a slow return, and generally into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Championship Tennis. | 11/10/1890 | See Source »

...substance, and the various forms in which matter exists are the results of different influences brought to bear upon the primary substance. This theory was superseded by the four element theories of the school of Aristotle which taught that all matter was the result of the combination of tire, water, earth and air This theory held during the Middle Ages and was the inspiration of the Alchemists who thought that, since all the metals were composed of these four elements and no others, it would be possible to convert the baser metals into the precious ones by a simple change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boylston Chemical Club. | 3/11/1890 | See Source »

...stock,-a new eye shade, the inventor of which claims that it cannot heat the eyes, nor tire the face. It does not rest upon the ears, is adjusted to any angle, and its very slight weight is felt only at the back of the head. Price 25c., retail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Co-operative Society Bulletin. | 2/10/1888 | See Source »

...stock,-a new eye shade, the inventor of which claims that it cannot heat the eyes, nor tire the face. It does not rest upon the ears, is adjusted to any angle, and its very slight weight is felt only at the back of the head. Price 25c., retail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Co-operative Society Bulletin. | 2/8/1888 | See Source »

...pitchers are: Boyden, L. S.; Manley, '87: Austin, '88; Palmer, '88; Bingham, '89, and Downer, '89. Boyden has been substitute on the nine for two years. He is cool, has good command of the ball, and will never tire out, and would be a valuable man in a protracted game. The other men have all pitched on their class teams, but have had little experience in important games. Captain Willard, '87, and Bisbee, '87 are the only candidates for first base. Willard was captain of his class nine and has played on the University nine for two years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Nine. | 1/26/1887 | See Source »

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