Word: turf
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...uses to which it is to be put. The new tennis grounds behind Divinity are not in very good condition for play this fall as the grass was permitted to grow long during the summer. One court has been marked out which is very level but with poor turf. Next spring with proper attention and cutting of the grass the field ought to furnish students with a dozen good courts...
...turf in the yard is now receiving its annual trimming in anticipation of class...
...strolled out in that direction yesterday was a novel one. There, for the first time, the university nine were busy practising on the new diamond. The sense was a pretty one as the grounds far exceed in beauty the old ball field on Jarvis. The turf on the diamond is very firm and even, and the grass on the out-field is growing well, although there is plenty of room for a second sowing next fall to make it as close as it should be. A new backstop had been built during the day. It is of the most approved...
...generally accepted, as it seems probable under Dr. Sargent's teaching that it will, then this objection to specialties may be thrown aside. As to competition, it may be an evil, but it is a necessary evil. We must accept our athletes with this evil or not at all. [Turf, Field and Farm...
...particularly athletic in nature. But it seems rather hasty for men to engage in these games of ball on the newly filled and planted ground. There are several small pieces of this new ground outside for the track on Jarvis, and it seems a pity that the turf thereon should not be allowed to harden until it will bear running over it without being cut up. If the men continue to use these bits of ground, they will soon be unfit to ever use for tennis, and will then never be available for anything but scrub games of ball...