Word: whist
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard and Yale Whist teams met at the Theta Delta Chi club house on Saturday afternoon and evening, and after six hours of play Harvard was declared the winner. The final score was 968 to 904, which gave Harvard a clear lead of 64 points, or 32 tricks...
...which is to go to the winners in the whist tournament will be on exhibition at Leavitt & Peirce's today...
...duplicate whist tournament between Harvard and Yale will take place this afternoon and evening at club house of the Theta Delta Chi, corner of Ware Street and Broadway. Yale's representatives arrived in Boston last night and are staying at Young's Hotel. The two teams are made up as follows...
Today is one of very unusual activity among the different athletic teams. The University nine, the track, cricket, and lacrosse teams, the junior and the freshman nines all have games, while the fencing club has a match with Columbia, and the Whist Club settles its tournament with Yale. Of all these, the annual University track athletic games on Holmes Field will have a monopoly of the interest in Cambridge. We are glad that there is no other athletic event of importance to distract attention from them...
...meeting of students interested in whist, last night, a permanent organization was given to the Whist Club under the following officers: President, C. D. Booth, '96; vice-president, J. D. Arnold, L. S.; secretary, E. W. Ryerson, Med.; treasurer, E. H. Brown, '96. These officers were appointed a committee to draw up a constitution and by-laws and to report at the next meeting...