Word: winning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there is another view to take of the subject. If America is proud of anything she is proud of her manhood and vigor, of her powers by land and sea, and of her acknowledged lead in all kinds of sports where a cool head and manly vigor win honors; and in no place is this pride more marked than right here in Eastern Massachusetts, in Boston, the "hub" of sports as well as of the universe...
James V. Harnett is an old Yale man of leisure who lives in Boston. He was at the Fifth Avenue hotel last night, and was asked if he thought Yale would win this year...
...heavier and perhaps a more muscular crew than Yale. Harvard always sends a fine eight to the Thames. The men are rowing daily, stripped to the waist, and their bodies are as brown as a nut from exposure. Then, too, Harvard men always have good coaching. Whether they win or not, no one can say that there has been a Harvard crew for years that has not rowed handsomely. I saw this year's Harvard eight on Charles river one day last week. They were returning from a long and arduous practice pull, and, although they were very tired, they...
STANDING HIGH JUMP.H. L. Clark, '87; E. H. Rogers, '87; F. B. Lund, '88. It was not surprising that Clark's and Lund failed and left Rogers to win this event. At the M. I. T. games three weeks ago, Rogers cleared 4 feet 10 1-4 inches. He did not do so well Saturday by an inch, and the event went to him with a record of 4 feet 9 1-4 inches. His graceful jumping met with much approval from the audience...
...Oxford-Cambridge boat race is attracting far less attention than usual. Neither crew is thought remarkable, but experts expect the Oxfords to win, as they are the more powerful crew, though both are about equal in point of style. - Yale News...