Word: winded
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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MUSIC received from Arthur Schmidt, 146 Tremont St.: Forget me not (Song), Gatty; Murmuring Wind (Song), Cirillo; Gavotte Favori, Strachauer; La Favorite, La fleur de Mai, and Chant du Savoyard, by Henry Strauss...
Nevertheless Ferdy plods on, rubbing the afflicted part with one hand, while the muckers scream at him to "hurry up, daddy-long-legs, you'll get left," but Ferdy is too wretched to mind such sarcasm. At last his wind is gone, his legs feel like lumps of iron, and there is a ploughed field and a brook between him and the hounds. Ferdy stumbles and tumbles over the ploughed furrows, and nerves himself to jump the brook - vain attempt! splash he strikes in the water and sinks to his waist in the slimy refrigerator. It is too much...
...game with Princeton was played last Saturday on the St. George's Cricket Grounds at Hoboken. The weather was admirable, with the exception of a strong wind, blowing lengthwise of the field, from the south. Game was called soon after three o'clock. Princeton won the toss, and took the south side, in order to get the advantage of the wind. Warren kicked off for Harvard, and the ball was soon forced near to Harvard's goal. Harvard was then obliged to touch down several times, for safety. The two Cushings, and Morse, of Harvard, and McNair, of Princeton, made...
...quarter-mile run, Messrs. W. A. Blodgett, '81, G. C. Buell, '82, E. L. Underwood, '82, and T. H. Simmons, '80, started. By his magnificent stride and staying power, Simmons easily won in 54 3/4 s., - remarkable time, considering the strong wind. Underwood was second...
With this brilliant record to look back upon, our men played to win last Saturday. Britannia won the toss, and played with the wind, which was blowing hard. Harvard kicked off, and the sides were so much more evenly matched than in the previous game, that the ball was kept for the most part in the middle of the ground. Before the end of the first half-hour, however, Winsor kicked a goal, - the only one scored during the game. In the last half, Britannia had only fourteen men, as P. S. Ross had been severely hurt. They did their...