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...prospects for success for the freshman nine," says the Yale News, "are encouraging; the competition for places has been brisk, some thirty men have been in training, and the work in the gym. has been faithfully done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 4/20/1883 | See Source »

...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14, 1883, 1 A. M. For New England, warmer, generally fair weather during Saturday, with fresh and brisk easterly and southerly winds, lower barometer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 4/14/1883 | See Source »

...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20, 1883, 1 A. M. For New England, warmer, cloudy weather, with snow and rain, brisk to higher northeasterly winds and falling barometer, followed Tuesday afternoon or night by colder, clearing weather, westerly winds and rising barometer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 3/20/1883 | See Source »

...University Foot-ball Eleven in most of their games last fall. Their principal object was to gain as much as possible in the first few minutes of the game before their opponents had time to gauge their strength. With this in view they started out with a brisk, driving game and nearly every time succeeded in demoralizing their opponents and scoring inside of fifteen minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/6/1882 | See Source »

...Patience" had a brisk revival at Booth's Theatre last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 3/23/1882 | See Source »

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