Word: anchored
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Yale Freshman Nine are working vigorously. They lately beat the Anchor Club of New Haven by the score of 21 to 1. The Courant says that the audience at the Prince-ton game, played at Princeton, seemed to appreciate the talent of the home club only, as their good plays were the only ones applauded. As this was by no means the conduct of the Princeton audience when our Nine visited them, we are inclined to think that the Princetonians, when they are entertaining " Romans, do as the Romans...
...succeeded in avoiding a foul, but failed to obtain a lead. Weld and Holworthy reached their stake very nearly together, and Holworthy, in attempting to turn inside of Weld, was carried by the tide into the stake-boat, and a port oar and outrigger were caught under the anchor-line so firmly as to drag the stake-boat some distance and to cause a delay to Holworthy of twenty or thirty seconds. By this time Holyoke and Matthews had a long lead, and Weld was five or six lengths ahead of Holworthy. The race from this point was practically between...
...locks of hair (his hair). Embark on blockade-runner. Presented with cutlasses and sworn in. Bearded patriot shows us over our seaworthy craft for two reis. A stanch Clyde-built steamer, English bottom, long, low, rakish hull, B. No. 3. Interrupted by pistol-boom from quarter-deck, we weigh anchor (4000 lbs., more or less). We lend a hand, which is blistered. Observe mysterious stranger sorting papers in the shadow of a warehouse. Freshman fires, does not drop his man, - no cap, and proper position of cartridge reversed. Our native land, good night! (Byron...
...races of last Saturday were more successful than is usually the case on such occasions. Thanks to the gentlemen who had them in charge, they came off promptly, although a short time was taken in improvising an anchor; but as a gentleman who saw the need generously offered to supply it by the gift of a new anchor, we may fear no delay from that cause again...