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...Sears followed. Saxe fumbled and Van In wagan secures the ball. Holden takes the sphere along several yards, and Hunt gets the ball and Holden carries it to within 10 yards of Exeter's line. Butler carries it over, making the score 58-0. No goal. Porter makes a good run, but Kales throws him hard and Harvard loses the ball. Saxe secures it again from a kick by McClung and runs a few yards. Holden carries it well up to Exeter goal but loses the ball on the fonrth down. Exeter kicks the ball out and Porter makes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 10/13/1887 | See Source »

...heavy clouds of yesterday afternoon served to frighten away all but a mere handful of spectators from the second game between the Beacons and the 'Varsity nine. Those who braved the chances of catching a wetting wished that they had staid at home, for the game, after dragging along through nine tedious innings, resulted in a defeat for the home team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 6/22/1887 | See Source »

...Then came the pleasant half-hour sail, and at half-past four the little craft drew up at the pier off the Harvard quarters. Again all was business and the shells' trunks, valises, etc., were quickly taken ashore and the two crews separated, the Freshmen to walk along the beach to their quarters, half a mile distant, the 'University to settle themselves in their little house near by. Within ten minutes after landing, the big red flag with "Harvard" in white letters on it was flying above the quarters and at the Freshman shanty, an American flag...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crews at New London. | 6/21/1887 | See Source »

...There is very little prospect of an international intercollegiate boat race this year between a crew from Cambridge, England, and Harvard's eight. Although the correspondence between the two universities began early in the winter, the matter has dragged along without any definite conclusion until now it is so late that a race cannot well be arranged. The special cable published in the Globe some time ago gave in an impetus to the lagging interest in the prospective race, and told the exact state of feeling at the time in the English university. As a result of the Globe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Cambridge Race. | 6/17/1887 | See Source »

...from our standpoint, that game was a bad failure; but the team has not forgotten how to play ball. The game with Columbia showed that it was the most amusing game ever seen here. Columbia played with several substitutes, and found it necessary to use all the rest brought along, and then put the manager in citizens dress on third. McCusker played the best game for them, and seemed really the back-bone of the team. De Sibourg, who pitched for Columbia, was struck on the knee by a batted ball in the sixth inning, and McCusker started to pitch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Letter. | 5/20/1887 | See Source »