Word: well
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...manly sport, which seems to be your correspondent's opinion, only makes it more improbable that it diverts any men from rowing, as those who play it would be weak and effeminate; but we do not grant that it is unmanly, unless unmanliness consists in using skill as well as strength. Because it is played by ladies, the uninitiated (and your correspondent is apparently among the number) suppose it to belong to the genus croquet. Whoever wishes to remove this impression has only to try a game on the next hot day, and see whether he does...
...April 16, and resulted in Harvard's first defeat. Our Nine played a nearly perfect fielding game, but were unable to master Bradley's new delivery, his previous defeat teaching him that his old delivery was not the right kind to oppose to Harvard's batsmen. The game was well contested through eight innings; in the ninth two earned runs were made by the New Bedfords. The injury which Ernst received in the Live Oak game rendered him very lame, and had a natural effect on his pitching. Fessenden batted well. Thayer, Latham, Nunn, and Holden excelled in the field...
...that keeps them so faithfully to their practice, for if we win the next race with Yale it must be done by hard work, for there is no doubt that Yale's defeat of last year will only make them the more earnest and the more eager to do well. The material in our boat is so good we wish to see them do themselves justice, and we have no doubt they will...
...single defeat sustained, in a match with a strong professional team, possessing one of the finest pitchers in the country; in this game, moreover, the Nine made but three errors. During the past week the new men have filled their positions with credit, and the veterans have maintained their well-earned reputations of last year. It is to be hoped that a better support will be given to the Nine this spring, especially when games are played in Boston and the vicinity, as it is very disheartening for men to train and spend their entire vacation in Cambridge...
...total abstinence can safely guard us against excess. Anybody who has seen a young lady's copy of Tennyson, and searched in vain for an unmarked page, will recognize the evils of indulgence. Of course when it comes to marking other people's books, the injury is moral as well as mental...