Word: won
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seems necessary to say a word to the Glee Club. Several times since the mid years we have been told that the members of the club were becoming very careless, were slack in attending rehearsals, were disposed to rest on the reputation won in their Western trip...
Nearly twenty-five members of the Harvard Shooting Club were present at the meeting yesterday afternoon, which was by far the most successful shoot of the season. There was a match between a team of graduates and a team of undergraduates which was won by the former. During the first part of the afternoon there was quite a strong breeze which affected the scores considerably. The teams were made up of seven men, each man shooting at 20 birds with the following results: Graduate team-Austin, 14; Allen, 14; Mead, 12; Clyde, 17; Holder, 14; Slocum, 19; Parker, 7. Total...
...three-quarters inches; high kick-Cummings, '89, walkover; featherweight sparring-Atherton, '92. In the running high jump, three Harvard men had entered, but only one appeared at the scratch-J. P. Lee, '91. He took third place, being handicapped four inches. Morse, of the B. Y. M. C. U., won the event with a jump of 5 ft. 51/4 in: Shirwin, '90, was second with a jump of 5 ft. 5 in., thereby breaking the school record by one-half an inch. Lee's actual jump was 5 ft. 81/4 in. Light-weight sparring was won by Batchelder...
Allen Lowe, the present fencing master of the Harvard Fencing Club, was matched last evening against Shaw of Boston in his first professional bout. The bout was won after much skillful fencing by Mr. Lowe...
...making a plucky but losing fight. H. A. Davis lost a considerable advantage by a careless move, and had to resign soon after Nicolls. The others were more fortunate. F. M. Brown played a winning game throughout, and was the first to defeat Mr. Cummings. H. Webster also won a victory, making the total score five games to two in Mr. Cummings' favor. A few members of the Boston club had also taken tables, so that eleven games were in progress at once. The visitors were very cordially received and invited to come in at any time for informal games...