Word: turf
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...turf in the yard is receiving annual winter covering. Now is the time to be blest with a severe cold in the head...
...crowd of a hundred and fifty Harvard men who, not discouraged by the disappointment of the rainy eighth of May, went down again to New Haven to support the nine, seated themselves at three o'clock on the turf near first base on Yale Field, and staid there during the game. The field was surrounded by a mass of carriages full of pretty girls adorned with blue ribbons, and every available bit of standing room in the grand-stand and behind the foullines was occupied. The Yale managers seemed indifferent as to whether the Harvard men should be seated...
Entrance fees may be paid to the members of the executive committee in charge of the grounds. Either turf or clay courts may be used. Balls will be provided by the Association. Vantage sets will be played...
...Bartlett's, where entries may be made; they will close at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The entrance fee will be fifty cents for every player. Cups will be given to the winners in both the singles and the doubles and also to the winners of the class championships. Either turf or clay courts may be used, as the players prefer. The champion of the college, Philip Sears, will be barred, but will play an exhibition game with the winner of the tournament...
...university, under the same condition as last year. There is no membership fee to join the association, but each player pays the man who collects on the field for the use of a court. The charge on the clay courts is 10 cents for each man, and on the turf courts 20 cents, except when four play, when it is 15 cents apiece. Nets can be had without extra charge by applying to the men who take care of the grounds...