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Word: fighting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which little if any excuse can be offered. The team it is true is a green one, and its demoralization in the first inning was no doubt due in measure to Fitz's unexpected weakness. During the remainder of the contest, however, while a good up-hill fight was preserved in a number of innings, the errors which contributed so largely to Princeton's final score were of a nature which renders defeat on a rival's grounds especially galling, all the more so because the nine was capable of a far different exhibition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/16/1898 | See Source »

...both, and Yale men generally expect him to win both. Fox 2 was a close second to Perkins in the hig hurdles in the intercollegiate games last year. Hallowell 1901 and Peter, the Yale freshman hurdler, were rivals in the interscholastic games last year an should make a good fight for third place. In the low hurdles Bremer '96 holds the world's record and should make Perkins work to win. Morse '99 was second to Perkins both at New Haven and New York last year, and, as he is running strong, is rather better than Van Buren and Fewsmith...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Competitors in Dual Games. | 5/13/1898 | See Source »

...comparatively green and untried material, Cornell has developed a nine this year which was beaten by Princeton last Saturday only by a score of 3 to 0, and which may be expected to give Harvard a hard fight today. In nearly every game this season the men have hit the ball hard and have played a steady game in the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Plays Cornell Today. | 5/7/1898 | See Source »

...Jewell, 2d, '99, acts as box-office official for the bull fight and afterwards sells patent medicines with much enterprise. The part is by no means an easy one, but he puts plenty of vim into it, and is likely to score a success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dress Rehearsal of "Boscabello." | 4/29/1898 | See Source »

...second act shows the populace going to the bull fight. Spayce appears in the arena, sings his Toreador song,- and then proceeds to make mince meat of the bull. At this point a messenger arrives with the latest American History Leaflet-No. 10,657 1-2, which says that as Captain Kidd never existed, he did not bury his treasure in Boscabello. Spayce, however, receives a letter to the contrary, directing him to the place where the booty is buried. Guarded by the sailors of the steam yacht, Spayce carries off both the lady and the treasure, and the Bostonians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hasty Pudding Club Play. | 4/11/1898 | See Source »

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