Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been done in the past have been quoted, viz., fear of injury to the grass and to the cinder track. If it is possible for harm to be done to either of these by ice, the conditions which usually prevail on Holmes Field during the winter are the worst possible and the addition of six inches of water, enough to cover the field, would dimiinish rather than increase the harm...
...first game Harvard suffered her worst defeat at the hands of Yale in base ball...
...Holy Cross on our own grounds ought to mark the lowest ebb of our baseball for this year. Of course the team was all shaken up and the men were unused to their position, yet the five errors that were made, bad as they were, were not the worst feature of the game. By good pitching the Holy Cross men were held down to two runs, and, by any ordinary playing, the 'varsity would easily have beaten out this score, but their aggressive work was simply lifeless. They lost a chance to score in the first with...
...with the juniors. They were thoroughly outclassed at every point. How in the world they expect to score with four scattered hits, or to prevent their opponents from scoring, when they make ten errors, is difficult to understand. Every man in the infield made one or more errors. The worst feature of all was the base running. A stranger to the game would not have known that any such thing as coaching was allowable. This criticism may sound a little unfair in the face of the praise that has been bestowed upon the freshman nine for most of the season...
...Absence of uniformity is the worst evil: Pop. Sci. Mo., XXIII. 224. - (a) It increases the number of divorces: Lalor, III. 808; Pamphlet by S. W. Dike. - (b) It weakens the respect for law in general: Forum, II. 430. - (c) It gives rise to endless confusion: Century, I. 419; Convers, 220-230; Princeton Review, IX. 9 -92. - (1) As to status of the parties in other states. - (2) As to property-rights. - (3) As to legitimacy of children. (d) A uniform remedy should be applied to a uniform evil: Forum...