Word: played
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...THEY play cricket even in India. A team of Parsee cricketers, the champions of India, will visit England next June with the object of playing a series of matches against English clubs...
...this game both nines showed improvement in batting and fielding. Our Nine only offered one chance to be put out behind the bat, while twelve men struck out off Ernst's pitching. Tyng, Latham, Wright, and Nunn played best in the field. Howe and Latham led at the bat. Wright maintained his well-earned reputation for sacrifice hitting, - a skilful play, which appears to be totally unappreciated by spectators. The game was played on the Boston Grounds, and resulted in a college victory by the score...
...much surprised by the illiberal tone of a letter in your last paper, on the subject of lawn-tennis. Not only did the writer disapprove of the game, but he seemed to advocate violent measures for compelling those who like it to devote themselves to rowing instead! Granting that playing lawn-tennis is not violent exercise, and is not a manly sport, which seems to be your correspondent's opinion, only makes it more improbable that it diverts any men from rowing, as those who play it would be weak and effeminate; but we do not grant that...
...they are ever complaining of our defeats, taking it as a matter of course that we ought always to win, and never considering that the clubs who beat us are usually composed of men who devote their entire time to base-ball, and, as an extra stimulus for good play, receive salaries in proportion to the value of their services...
...impossible for the winning crews at Watkins to enter and start at Henley. Besides, this arrogant committee reserves the right of rejecting any entry! So that a crew on the eve of the race might find itself ruled out, and no reasons assigned. Truly English love of fair-play has been sadly overpraised...