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...After their disastrous defeat at Cambridge, the Princeton team played without snap, and in an altogether discouraged way when they met Yale. All they cared for was to get through without disgrace, and then-then to set every possible wheel in motion to win in 1888. What is the result? They have brought back two of their team of 1886-two men who were noted then as their strongest players, one of whom had been elected captain of the team of 1887, but had been unable to return for that year. They have made arrangements for the most systematic management...
...game at Worcester on Saturday between the Worcester Technology and Havard '92 resulted in a bad defeat for the freshmen. The rushers failed to get through the opposing rush-line, and were slow in dropping on the ball, while the backs fumbled badly. Two halves of thirty minutes each were played. Play began at 2.35. Harvard having the kick-off. Brooks gained fifteen yards on a rush but the ball was soon lost on four downs. Harvard gained possession of it again near her twenty-yard line, but a fumble by Baker allowed Crosby to get it and he easily...
...Yale; in doubles, Taylor and Presbey, Harvard, with Thorne and Knapp of Yale second. In the fall of '84 the winners were: In singles, Knapp of Yale, and second, Brinley of Trinity; in doubles. Knapp and Thorne, Yale; second, Brinley and Wright, Trinity. The tournament was marked by the defeat of the champion of the United States, Mr. R. D. Sears, by Knapp of Yale...
Following close upon the victory in the singles comes the news of defeat in the doubles. Though beaten Harvard's representatives gave their opponents a hard rub. Messes Sears and Shaw certainly did good work, and they may feel sure that the college recognizes and thanks them...
...conclusion of the reading of the committee's letter, Mr. Brooks spoke briefly in the interest of Harvard's athletics. The blame, he said, for the defeat of our athletic teams was too apt to be put upon one man, whereas the responsibility of the success or non-success of any organization should be shared by the college. Lately there has been an undertone of discontent with the workings of the different teams, which has shown itself in perpetual grumbling and fault-finding. If we expect to win on the athletic field, we must work together, the college with...