Word: darkness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...eighth inning neither side was able to gain any decided lead, errors and hits being equally numerous and scattered. When Harvard came to the bat in the first half of the eighth inning the score stood 4 to 3 in her favor, and it was already too dark to permit of accurate work by the infield. Hellmann was thrown out at first, but McCarty secured first on Peck's error at centre field. Dexter then singled, advancing McCarty one base. The latter reached third on a passed ball by Kibbey, and scored on Castle's single. Dexter...
...roof of which a watchman details in picturesque prologue, the long weariness of his watch for the beacon light, that should announce the fall of Troy. At length, seeing the beacon flash out, he shouts the good news to the people in the palace, but not without a dark word of foreboding for the future. Twelve old men of Mycenae, who form the chorus, now file through a side passage into the orchestra, chanting as they march...
...some new and more practical modus vivendi to take its place." The argument of which this sentence is the conclusion shows rather more of the effects of preconceived idea than of a fair review of the facts as they actually exist, and it is to be regretted that so dark a view of the state of Harvard classes is presented to the readers of the Graduates' Magazine...
...described as between 24 and 25 years old, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighing about 140 pounds. He is broad-shouldered, although mediumly built. He has a dark complexion, dark hair and a smooth, pale face, which is particularly noticeable on account of heavy, black rings under the eyes. Usually he wears a stiff hat and a dark paddock coat, and often patent leather shoes...
...this season is not markedly worse than preceding ones. We are confirmed in this opinion by interviews with other men who previously have had medical charge of the football squad. One or the other of us was constantly present at the field, from half past three or earlier until dark. The men were very carefully observed and many injuries were recognized which would have escaped less close observation. In comparing the figures in this paper with those of other institutions where no constant surgical attendance is maintained, the numbers may appear relatively large because, in the absence of such observation...