Word: turf
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...occasion received a stinging right hander square from the shoulder from one of Princeton's men. Several times a free fight seemed pending, the Princeton men losing their tempers at Yale's rough play. The grounds were very well laid out for the game, but the turf was slippery from recent rains, which may have accounted in a measure for Moffat's poor kicking, although he did get in one or two very serviceable long kicks, but generally he sent the ball twisting right up in the air. Richards of Yale fairly "downed" him in this respect...
...however, is to provide for us courts that will cost little to build, that will need only a little sprinkling and occasional rolling to keep in order, and that will be only better the more they are played on-we mean bare clay courts. At Princeton no turf courts are used at all. The courts are almost as bare as a billiard table, require but little work, and can be played on half an hour after a rain. The new land east of the new track could be made into bare courts at very little expense, by simply replacing...
...opening of the new athletic grounds at Yale will be deferred until 1885, owing to the poor condition of the turf...
...Hasty Pudding Club gave a successful representation of "Conrad and Medora" at the Turf Club Theatre, New York, last Friday, in aid of the boat club fund. About $700 was netted...
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