Word: closing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first set Ward and Davis secured a lead of 4-2, but lost the set 6-4 on account of misplays by Davis at critical moments. The challengers lobbed continually, but many of their balls fell too close to the net, and were easily killed by their opponents. Whitman showed great steadiness, and covered ground brilliantly. Ward placed well, but Davis was very erratic, playing brilliantly at times, and again making many nets and outs. Ward and Davis were a shade the better in team-play, but this was more than over-balanced by the greater steadiness of their opponents...
...showing considerable improvement, except the second Newell which has been kept back by frequent changes in the make-up. Now that the order of the crew has been finally decided upon, there ought to be a change for the better. The race on the sixteenth promises to be very close between the two first crews, and the second eights are also very evenly matched. Most of the Freshmen who rowed in last year's interscholastic series are now at the Weld, but there is an abundance of good material at the other club, so that the Freshman race also should...
...describes the shop of Mickey Doonan, the village blacksmith, and then skilfully introduces upon the scene some of Mickey's "boon companions." In the dialogue which follows there is both vigor and movement, and wherever the writer used exposition or description there is always color and atmosphere. Towards the close of the story there are numerous little touches of humor, of which only a very few sound strained. "There's Just One Girl," by Edward Richard, is a frail story of the expanded daily theme type, which, while it shows a good deal of cleverness of an observant sort, proves...
...Pennsylvania team has recovered entirely from the great slump which it fell into for a short period in the midseason, and has lately been playing in a way to make it highly probable that today's contest will be close and interesting...
...expected to witness the game tomorrow whatever the weather may be. Harvard graduates and undergraduates are already assembling. The Pennsylvania team is still at Atlantic City and will not return until tomorrow morning. The reports here are that they are in fine condition and will give Harvard a close battle. How much they can stop Harvard's offensive play cannot be determined, but it is certain they will gain little ground by the guard's back formation...