Word: racket
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...days. A book will be placed at Bartlett's for entries. A double tournament will be held as soon as the singles are finished. Entries close at 6 P. M. Wednesday, October 18th. Entrance fee for the singles will be $1.00; for the doubles, $2.00 per pair. A prize racket will be given to the winner of the singles who will play Mr. Sears for the championship. A prize racket will also be given to the winner of this match. Two prize rackets will be given to the pair winning the championship in the doubles...
...that he is trying to learn the new waltz. You giddy devotees of Terpsichore of course know what that is, and so you'll pardon me if I don't go into details. Anyway, he is just learning it, and he does raise the most tremendous racket - "racket," by the way, is not slang, as it has survived the ravages of time for twenty years, and Prof. Dale says it's the correct thing - but I digress. Our proctor, in his endeavors to master the intricacies ("intricacies" is good) of this new freak of nature - I mean the dance...
...regulation tennis balls at $5.75 a dozen, or 50 cents for single balls. American balls can be furnished at $3.65 a dozen, or 35 cents single. In order to secure these rates at least six dozen balls must be subscribed for on the society's books. The ordinary $5 racket will be supplied for $3.95, provided at least a dozen are subscribed...