Search Details

Word: days (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Brown University Freshmen played with the new Fall River Amateur Nine on Fast Day. The score was 8 to 3, in favor of the Freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

...Nine defeated the Live Oaks on Fast Day by a score of 15 to 1. Two thousand spectators were present. Ernst pitched finely, and was well supported by Tyng. Latham excelled in the field, and gained a wonderful record his only error being an excusable one. Tyng, Ernst, and Wright led at the bat. Say played well for the Live Oaks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

...woke to see the dream-born day...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISILLUSION. | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

...unmanliness consists in using skill as well as strength. Because it is played by ladies, the uninitiated (and your correspondent is apparently among the number) suppose it to belong to the genus croquet. Whoever wishes to remove this impression has only to try a game on the next hot day, and see whether he does not get as much exercise as a strong, healthy man requires. Any form of outdoor exercise can be taken easily; rowing itself, if one rows slowly enough, is anything but hard work; but just as a severe pull on the river is violent exercise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAWN TENNIS AGAIN. | 4/19/1878 | See Source »

DURING the recess the crew have been rowing regularly on the river, and have done some good work. They have been out twice a day, and on one or two days tried the shell. We are pleased to see the spirit that keeps them so faithfully to their practice, for if we win the next race with Yale it must be done by hard work, for there is no doubt that Yale's defeat of last year will only make them the more earnest and the more eager to do well. The material in our boat is so good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/19/1878 | See Source »