Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crew. The men who have volunteered to go around and solicit aid for the crew, have, in many cases, experienced difficulty in obtaining funds even from men well able to give. We can account for this indifference only in one way. Apparently the fact that Yale will send a veteran crew to New London this year, and that our own prospects are not of the brightest nature have influenced men to avoid as much as possible the very mention of the crew and matters connected with it. That this position is a false one to assume, every fair-minded...
...Walter C. Camp, the veteran Yale player, will have an article, entitled "Hints to Foot-Ball Captains," in the January number of Outing. The subject is dealt with from a thoroughly practical point of view...
...Puritan Club of Boston is organizing a team of the veteran football players to play against the Harvard eleven...
...Veteran's Death" is a revival of the later Napoleonic days, when the hero himself was in exile at St. Helena, and Paris was in the hands of his most hated enemies. It is a touching story of that devotion to a great chief so common among old soldiers. Even in his leader's deepest misfortune the veteran remains faithful. Despite a somewhat sudden transition in the death scene the story is realistic and fires the reader with a thrill of martial enthusiasm...
...backing was good, but bases on balls, aided by wild pitches, gave the game to Harvard. Bates was put in the box by Harvard, and he pitched a remarkable game for a man with so little experience. It was his first championship game, but he pitched like a veteran, striking out no less than sixteen men. With the exception of the first two innings, he was well supported, and this, combined with numerous errors by Princeton, won the game for Harvard. Although Harvard was outbatted, her errors were not costly, while Princeton's errors resulted in runs for her opponents...