Word: hold
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...returning at 5.30 p. m. As the football grounds are only five minutes walk from the depot there will be no trouble about getting the return train after the game. The gates will probably be opened early and in order to avoid a rush men who hold grand stand tickets would do well to arrive early upon the field. Placards will be posted in conspicuous places near the gate to direct men to the sections reserved for Harvard and Yale. There has been a new arrangement of seats so that those on the coaches can easily see over the heads...
...take final action. Mr. Leeds '76, then read two dispatches from New Haven, one to the effect that Harvard should act immediately and propose to Yale a dual league in all branches of athletics; the second dispatch explained Yale's demand for immediate action and was that Yale will hold a mass-meeting tonight and will then resign before the Princeton game. The motion before the meeting was here amended so that Harvard should withdraw unconditionally and independently and that the withdrawal should go into effect after the last game of the season...
...Boston Athletic Association will hold their first Annual Handicap Meeting on Saturday, February 15, 1890, in Mechanics' Hall, Huntington Avenue, Boston, commencing at 8 p. m. promptly. Following are the events: 50 yards run, 1 mile run, 440 yards run, 880 ards run, 220 yards run over 2 feet 6 inch hurdles, 1 mile walk, pole vault, running high jump, putting 16 1b. shot, 220 yards run, throwing 56 1b. weight, tug-of-war of 650 pounds, 4 men, 2 substitutes allowed; no contest unless two teams enter. The course will be a board track of about 13 laps...
DEAR SIRS.- It is said that once, as a workman on the cornice of a building lost his head and staggered, some one in the crowd beneath shouted "Cheer him!" The cheer was given and under its inspiration the man regained his foot hold. There were some men on Jarvis field, about half after four last Saturday who recalled this fact in bitterness of heart. Why was it that our first reverse broke the spirit of the men who were there to cheer for Harvard? But the serious part of the matter is the fact that many...
...required to play for all they are worth for two hours every day and the effect of this training told very plainly in yesterday's contest. On the other hand while Harvard's team was in some respects individually better than Princeton's, none of the men could hold out at their best play for a game so long and rough as yesterday...