Word: holding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Paul's school club at Yale will hold its annual banquet tonight...
...Boston Athletic Association will hold a hare and hounds run on Dec. 14, open to Harvard and Technology...
...above figures it is seen that Yale professors lead in drawing books with about 25 per cent of the entire number. The graduate students hold the second place with 19 per cent.; academic students come third with over 18 per cent., and the theological department fourth with 14 per cent. Sheffield draws only 3 per cent., while those not connected with the college draw over 19 per cent...
...unsteady play; at times the eleven did brilliant work, playing a quick, sharp game, and breaking through and tackling well. At other times, however, affairs were just reversed; the men were slow in dropping on the ball, allowed themselves to be blocked off easily, and failed to hold well in the rushline. There was repeated confusion from a misunderstanding of the signals by the rushline, and the backs frequently went in direct opposition to their signals. Both sides played largely a kicking game, and in punting Hall, Wesleyan's fullback, was superior to Trafford. In Harvard's rushline Crosby played...
...faults that were common to every man, our most glaring faults were individual ones. The men were together but a short time and had been taught to row in about as many different ways as there are men in the boat. There was hardly time after Mr. Storrow got hold of them to get them in anything like a uniform method of rowing. With what little accuracy words can describe any stroke, is plainly shown in Mr. Watson-Taylor's article. His words describe very well what Yale and Harvard try to do, while as a matter of fact Yale...