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...about the stake-boat at the finish, and two small launches, chartered by '90 men, followed the race over the course. The tugs steamed up to the start at four, the "Sargent," with a band of music on board, hugging the shore and taking her time. It was very cold, a stiff breeze blowing straight up the course, and making the water lumpy, and for a little while it seemed to grow worse instead of mending. At the starting place the mill-dam was thronged with buggies loaded with spectators, which set off Bostonward the moment the race started...
Saturday afternoon the Freshman nine defeated the English High School nine of Boston by a score of 20 to 9 on Jarvis field. The air was cold and raw and the game was uninteresting throughout. The High School team was very weak both at the bat and in the field. The Freshman batted well, and ran bases much better than Freshman teams usually do, but their fielding was very unsteady. Sabine pitched a very good game, barring the bases on balls which he gave. Vila and Piper also fielded well, and McLeod and Piper did the best batting. The feature...
...Christmas day, the Earl of Foix, according to his usual custom, held a great feast, and after dyner he deperted out of the hall, and went up into a galarye of twenty-four stayres of heyght. It being exceedingly cold the Earl complained that the fire was not large enough, when a person named Ervalton of Spayne, went down stayers, and beneth in the court he saw a great many of asses laden with woode to serve the house, that he went and tooke one of the greatest asses with al the woode, and layde him on hys back...
Saturday afternoon Harvard met the Bowdoin nine and defeated them by a score of 13 to 5. The day was cold and raw and this may account somewhat for the large number of errors which were made. The fielding of both teams was miserable, and the only redeeming feature of the game was Harvard's heavy hitting. Mr. E. H. Nichols acted as umpire for two innings and then Mr. Egan appeared and took his place...
Yesterday afternoon in spite of the cold weather, there was a large attendance at the ball game with Technology, which was played on Jarvis field...