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...Holmes Field. The game is likely to prove the best of the season. The nine played several games with Boston in the early part of the season, but has had no game within the past few weeks. With the remarkable improvement which Harvard has made of late, the contest is sure to be exciting...
...game Abbey pitched the most of the game, the crack pitcher, O'Connor, only going in for the last three or four innings. Harvard did not secure a single hit off the latter while he was in the box. Today he will pitch the whole game, and a rattling contest may be expected. The University of Vermont defeated the strong Amherst nine, champions of the New England Intercollegiate league, twice during the past week. A large crowd should turn out to give Harvard encouraging support...
Saturday afternoon on Manhattan Field (New York City,) Princeton defeated Yale in the third and deciding game of their series. A crowd of fully 7,000 spectators witnessed the contest, and although it was evident from the first that the advantage lay with Princeton, yet the game on the whole was an exciting one. After the end of the fifth inning with the score 3 to 2 against her, Yale failed to score again; while Princeton made two more runs in the seventh...
...varsity nine will play the Holy Cross team on Holmes Field this afternoon at four o'clock. This game will, without doubt, be the hardest contest which the nine has had this year. The Holy Cross nine is a very strong organization, and can be depended upon to make the game exceedingly lively for any team they play against. They defeated Brown recently without much difficulty, and have beaten several other strong college teams. Stafford, who is pitching for the nine, is an exprofessional, having pitched for the Worcester team for two or three seasons. Besides being a good pitcher...
This afternoon at four o'clock Harvard will play the J. P. Lovell Arms Company nine and the simple announcement of this game is an assurance of an interesting contest. The Lovell men are determined to do their best to retrieve their defeat of the other day and Harvard will of course make strenuous exertions to prevent the rifle-making baseballists from having this satisfaction. Harvard's batting order will be as follows: Dean, 2b.; Hallowell, c. f.; Hovey, s. s.; Trafford, 1b.; Frothingham, r. f.; Alward, l. f.; Cook, 3b.; Upton, c.; Bates...