Word: winning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Ware, of Columbia, contested in the mile walk at the Seventh Regiment games. He did not win a place as a walker, but afterwards in the 100 yards run he took a second prize...
...averages of the base ball association cannot be very pleasant reading for Harvard men; for though Harvard stands by far the leader in the batting and almost, if not quite, a leader in the fielding averages; though she possesses the best individual players in the league, she did not win the championship which ought to have been hers. We shall always maintain that Harvard had the best nine in the league of 1886, and that nothing but a series of accidents lost her the championship; in support of this view the figures now published need only be referred...
...regular hunts have been held under the auspices of the H. A. A., and all of them have been successful and enjoyable. Over twenty hounds have formed the pack each time, and the almost entire absence of so-called professionals has given every runner a fair chance to win a cup for himself. An occasional rainy Tuesday made a postponement necessary, but with this exception there has been no serious set back until the present snowstorm, which make further runs impossible...
...with several men prominent in the weekly hunts, adopted the rules published in the CRIMSON of October 26th. It will be noticed that there is nothing in these rules radically different from those previously understood, except that the hares are liable to forfeit their right to cups if they win by laying a scent unsatisfactorily to three-quarters of the hounds. Whether it is because of this rule or not, the hares have since laid much better scent. In fact the scent was so good that one man complained that he never had a chance to rest. The experiment...
...hour later the Harvard team strolled on to the floor, ready to show what it could do. Foremost among the tuggers was J. H. B. Easton, the "biggest anchor any team ever had," as an enthusiastic soldier remarked who was trying to place $10 against $5 that Harvard would win. He has tugged seven times in that hopeful capacity, and only once has Harvard had to yield the victory. The other members of the team do not compare well with Easton in size of body, but they are scholarly, toughened young men, and each one good in his place, They...