Word: widely
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...evident that the principal reasons for not having a Field Meeting this autumn, are, first, the wretched condition of Jarvis, and, secondly, the inconvenience of Beacon Park. We are sorry to see the clumsy management of Jarvis, and hope that the interest in Athletics that has spread so wide of late may not be entirely killed by the want of proper grounds for practice. We should like to suggest that the Corporation be asked whether they purpose putting the field in condition for use next year, And if their intention be to allow the weeds full possession, perhaps a voluntary...
...question, and substituted - when any substitution was attempted - newspaper wit. On one occasion an agent of the Associated Press telegraphed all over the country that a Boston free-love convention had been broken up by Harvard students. Although the statement was entirely unfounded, it was published far and wide, and it also furnished the Graphic's artist with several pictures with which to adorn the front page of that reliable sheet...
...stern was even with the Yale bow. Now Yale began to spurt for the corner, and her stroke rose to 38. Harvard responded, and at the two-mile flag had opened half a length of clear water between her opponent's boat and her own. Harvard kept away very wide from the corner at the mouth of the Agawam, and for a short distance Yale seemed to be the inside crew; but presently Harvard swung around and again took the inside. Yale was now at 35 and Harvard at 32, and when the three-mile flag was reached that same...
...that much was not expected; for the selection of the committee was at the very best but a leap in the dark, and nobody had any expectation of landing on terra firma. Certain it is that if by terra firma is meant good faithful work, the result shows a wide gap between land and water. For ourselves, we saw at the time no reason why Mr. Notman should be cast aside and the self-styled (Cambridgeport) "Celebrity Photographer" should be employed in a work which requires tact, taste, and skill. By remembering just where a man sat in a group...
...probably be finished in the course of two weeks, and will then show the results of most careful worksmanship on the part of the builder, who, by the way, is considered one of the best in the world. The boat will be about sixty feet long and two feet wide. Special attention has been paid to the construction of the coxwain's seat, and it is believed that in this particular the best possible contrivance has been secured. The crew regret that they have been unable to obtain an English boat, and have thus lost the chance of selecting...