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...fast as well-to-do gentlemen learn how comfortable and stylish The Crawford Shoe is, they adopt...
...energetic brass band every one was led to the Hopkins Grammar School Lot where the sophomore class tested the newcomers. After the confusion of first meetings it was found that five of the men who had hoped to return had passed away, and the classes were called together to adopt suitable resolutions on the death of their comrades; '96 on G. Z. Gray; '97 on J. D. Garth, C. P. Kellogg, B. H. Porter, and '98 on Berkeley McKesson...
...turf race the hurdles were stationary, being firmly imbedded in the ground. This is English style, and the general opinion is that the Americans should adopt it, for there is much less danger running on turf than on a cinder path...
...began his work as coach of the Amherst football team Monday afternoon. He came out in his Harvard football clothes and tumbled about with the candidates, giving practical illustration of every suggestion. He will remain with the team until after the championship game with Williams, Nov. 2. Amherst will adopt the Yale football tactics this fall, and consequently will have to make a compromise with Harvard on Saturday similar to the one made by Harvard and Dartmouth last Saturday. These men went to the training table established at the Amherst House yesterday morning: Coach Gray, Man. Trask, Captain Pratt...
This year, owing to the two sets of football rules, considerable confusion has arisen among the different colleges. Some have chosen the rules adopted by Harvard, while others have chosen those of Yale, which in several respects are radically different. The Tri-Collegiate Association, consisting of Amherst, Dartmouth and Williams, has adopted the Yale rules to govern its championship games. Brown has also accepted the Yale rules. Exeter will adopt the Harvard code, while Andover will play under that of Yale. Bowdoin College and the Boston Athletic Association will play under the same rules as last year...