Word: went
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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SOME time since it was decided to row the Yale race at Springfield, if convenient arrangements for the transfer of the boats and crew, and for the various matters attendant upon the race, could be made; and on Tuesday last, the President of the Boat Club went to that city to meet the President of the Yale Navy, and consult with the citizens, committee, and the railroad authorities. Matters were satisfactorily arranged; and accordingly, the Yale-Harvard race will be rowed on the Connecticut River, at Springfield, on Friday, June 29. Professor Agassiz, of this University, is to be referee...
...inning there were no more runs made, but in the ninth Leeds and Dow each succeeded in getting in an earned run, making the game one to two in our favor. When the Bostons came in to take their last inning, their first two men, Schafer and W. White, went out in order, and every one thought that we had the game in our own hands. George Wright, however, got his base on called balls, and Leonard and J. White followed with safe hits. Three runs were scored, leaving the game four to two in favor of the Bostons. This...
...think he's got presence and majesty enough for that. Just bring the result of your long study and remarkable ability to bear on him. I have n't got time, just now, to figure up the precise value of your service to him, but - " I went into another room and closed the door...
Everybody, it seemed, had a picnic in the rooms, and I went over to Mr. Mattes's tavern and got a few corn-cakes, and went into a room to eat my lunch. A tall young man with light hair was very kind to me and showed me the way out, - which I knew, having just come in, but I suppose he did not understand...
...thought best to go and buy a College paper, and was disappointed to find the Lampoons all sold, and I would not buy the new paper called "Advocate," so I got a heliotype of the Football Nine and went back to the Yard; by this time it was evening, and the trees were covered with jack-o'lanterns, and the Glee Club serenaded the band. I was pained to see how many poor little boys were around, but was told they were the children of the "goodies," and had special privileges...