Word: standard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...grounds were in wretched condition and there was a strong wind blowing in toward home plate which prevented heavy batting. As may be seen by the score, the nine is very weak at the bat, and it will take hard individual work to bring them up to the necessary standard. The only feature of the game was the pitching of Oxford, who held the freshman down to four scattering hits in nine innings. In the fifth inning Sheldon injured his finger, and Whitely took his place behind the bat, while Wilson played centre field. Spaulding pitched for the freshman after...
...were published yesterday, promise that this will be by far the most elaborate bicycling tournament ever held at Harvard or at any other college. The opening of some of the events to all amateur riders gives the meeting a much broader interest and will undoubtedly result in raising the standard of riding. The value of the prizes, although a secondary consideration will be an additional stimulus...
...help of the university at large. The expenses will be very heavy and will require the sale of a large number of tickets. As the race will surely be most interesting there is no reason why the required number should not be sold. No movement which will raise the standard of Harvard athletics as this promises to do, should be hindered by lack of interest...
...Trusts and combinations are an economic evil. (a) They destroy competition, as in the case of the Standard Oil Company. (b) They often limit and suppress production. (c) By control of the market they can raise prices the Copper Syndicate. (d) They tend to build up monopolies and drive small capitalists out of business.- Quarterly Journal of Economics. Jan. 1889. New York State Leg. Report...
...consume their strength. With all that is said for athletics among the younger men it is believed that their necessity among the older men is very imperfectly understood, and that the physical exercise of men in middle life might be increased many fold without bringing them up to the standard of a well balanced physical and mental life...