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...much spirit that the crowd could not help feeling it. If Harvard men are going to admit themselves beaten before the issue has been clearly decided we shall never win. If the old spirit of working hard until the last moment, of cheering until the end of the contest, and of never losing heart can be regained, Harvard will begin to win again...
...commendable? Surely the Boston men ought not to object, for under the proposed arrangement they will still have half the ball games played in their vicinity every year, and every other year the track athletics; while we at this end will lose the latter, at present the only contest in which we have a chance, without taking a day's journey, to see a Harvard team compete...
...nine has played its last game before the contest with Yale which will take place Saturday. In the game yesterday by far the most glaring weakness was in the batting, which was little less than ridiculous. The fielding, however, was good, as it has been the whole season. In fact, the work of the nine thus far has been encouraging, and the college confidently expects that its showing at New Haven will be creditable. The college has good reason for this feeling, in that it has seen the men doing unusually hard work this year under unusually capable and energetic...
...bicycle race is one mile, and the hammer only twelve pounds in weight. Throwing the base ball is also an event. Since 1886 the year in which the Association was founded, Hopkinson's has won once, Roxbury Latin twice, and Worcester won last year. This year the contest will be close, with the chances slightly in favor of Roxbury Latin. The association was organized in 1889 by graduates of the various schools, chiefly Harvard...
Today is the last day for entering scrub nines to contest for the championship cups offered by the Base Ball Association. This series of games ought to arouse a widespread interest and attract many competing nines. It offers an opportunity for men to play who are interested in base ball, but are not able to give it the time and attention demanded of candidates for the university and class nines. As all men who have played on the university and class nines are barred from the scrub nines, there need be no fear of any one of the latter having...