Word: diamond
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prepared to give a hearty support to the Cambridge nine. Looking from this point the scene was a very beautiful one, taking in the ground stand with its crowded audience; the long lines of carriages, bright with the blue parasols of their fair occupants; the level turf of the diamond, dotted here and there with crimson or blue clad players, the whole standing out distinctly against back-ground of the clear May sky. Repeated cheers welcomed the appearance of the nines upon the field, doubly repeated when any good play called for commendation...
...think that the freshmen are not giving to their nine the support that is due and that is necessary to insure its success on the diamond. The fact that only one man attended the nine to Exeter, and that only ten men went to Brown is surely sufficient evidence that eighty-eight's interest is much less than it should be. We understand that the subscriptions to the nine have been quite up to time; but subscriptions are not all that bring success to a college team. To see his nine win, not to hear of its victories, should...
...diamond on Holmes Field is now in excellent condition...
...presence of Coolidge, '81, upon the diamond yesterday afternoon, was suggestive of old times...
...college grounds is free from the obnoxious presence of the small rascals, whom the collegian has dubbed with the sobriquet, muckers. They invade the dignified yard to the very steps of the dormitories, play tag upon the steps of the gymnasium and swarm in crowds over the track and diamond of the athletic fields. Nor are all of these muckers of tender age, some of them have attained to years of discretion, but are not discreet enough to mind their own business even yet. They, as well as their smaller brethren, have become a nuisance upon the athletic fields when...