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...ball fields there are a couple of curious old sign-boards which freshmen are won't to look upon with awe, but still with a certain satisfaction. They refer to ball-playing and some of the other accomplishments of the American youth as practised by those who are not members of Harvard University. If we remember rightly, these same boards contain upon them words of terrible meaning-something about "prosecution to the full extent of the law." For the benefit of those who have been astonished at the audacity of such extreme measures, we would say that long years...
...possible to do away with this delay? It seems as though there might be a rule which should compel the leaders of the hounds to wait only a specified time, or until a certain number has come up to the point of breaking...
...report has reached us that the reason why Andover forfeited the games with our eleven lay in the fact that she was persuaded by certain friends that the Harvard eleven favored Exeter and would smash the life out of Andover in order to give the former school a better chance in the contest with the latter. Such a report as this deserves no refutation, but the cause of it is perhaps deeper than would appear at first glance. That athletic boys are persuaded to renounce their choice in choosing a college is well known, but this means appears...
...order to illustrate some of the distinguishing features that characterize the development of successful athletes, Dr. Sargent selected representative members of the different organizations in Harvard and Yale, a few of whom distinguished themselves within the last two years by breaking all previous college records for certain events. The photographs of these men in spite of their dissimilarity show certain characteristics', common to certain figures, and marked pecularities of another kind will accompany others...
...rush line is all that will save Yale from certain defeat. There are several weak spots in it now, but good coaching ought to remedy these within the next nine days. Most of the men in the rush line are really phenomenal players, but still they cannot play the whole game any more than a crack battery can win a championship for a poor base ball nine. Pratt and Wallace are to be the end rushers. The former was substitute in the '87 crew, and the latter has made a great reputation during the last two seasons by demonstrating that...