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...Shamrock Lacrosse Grounds, Montreal, the lacrosse ball was thrown 147 yards, 8 inches, recently in a long throwing contest...
...final contest for the doubles Presbrey and Sawin beat Minot and Rathbone...
...middle of the winter, Bean, from whom much was expected as a pitcher, and who was one of our heaviest batters, was obliged to leave college. The nine, in spite of these set-backs, worked manfully all through the winter, and was just getting ready to begin the championship contest when Winslow, who had begun to show evidence of extraordinary ability as a pitcher, was taken ill and was obliged to stop play. The pitching, consequently, devolved on Nichols and Allen, who have each done remarkably well, in spite of the disadvantageous circumstances under which they undertook the task. Still...
...race between the seniors and freshmen turned out to be a close and interesting contest. The crews were on hand at eleven o'clock promptly and were started, without the aid of starting boats, by Referee Eaton from his single scull. The boats got off very nearly together, but with the advantage a little in favor of the seniors, who had the inside course; they immediately increased their lead to about a quarter of a length which they retained to the mile buoy, where the freshmen spurted and drew up nearly even with the leaders. From this point...
...would suggest to the Tennis Association that it might add considerably to the interest taken by the college in the fall championship tournament if the plan were adopted of having a class tournament precede the championship contest. The victors in the class tournament might then be selected, either to compete finally in the championship tournament or the two contests might be kept entirely separate. Perhaps the present plan may be the fairer method of deciding the championship of the college, but a class championship contest would certainly do much to arouse interest and rivalry among the classes. If it does...