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...Berlo, the crack cyclist, has joined the Suffolk Athletic Club...
...There are only five men of last year's team who have not returned to college, and while these were some of the best men, yet the other colleges have also lost valuable men. Sherrill and Carey, the great sprinters, are gone, and so have Mapes and Williams, the crack hurdlers. This leaves Harvard an excellent chance to figure prominently in the dashes and low hurdles. Then there is a first class man to throw the hammer, and there are several excellent middle distance men and some good milers. There are more candidates this year than ever before...
...Yale the foot ball men have been out for nearly a week and Saturday Capt. Warren picked out a team to play the first game of the season against Rutgers. Most of the men who are mentioned as candidates for the eleven are new, and the outlook for a crack team at Princeton does not look very promising. Capt. Warren will play right end and Vincent '94, left. This latter has shown much ability for the position and is looked upon as a coming player. Irvine will probably secure a position on the line as will Riggs and Symms. This...
...play a second game with the University of Vermont nine. The first game with this team, which was played several weeks ago, resulted in a victory for Harvard, but since then the Vermont team has improved wonderfully. In this first 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...
Jack Horner, the crack pitcher of last season's New Haven League base ball team, has signed an agreement to coach the Yale ball team. He will begin his duties about the middle of January...