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...special train. Again the mildest natures had a chance to say their bluest words. There was no hing to do but dismiss the audience by telegram and continue on the regular train. This the club did and at eleven o'clock, a dejected, disgusted, worn-out crowd dragged their baggage through the dingy station and out into the smoky night. At he Burnet House, a Harvard graduate was waiting to take the fellows to the University Club for a dinner. Those who could drag their feet after one another accepted; the rest retired. The dinner was very pleasant...
...music in the Turkish scene. It is wholly inconsistent and contrary to the spirit of the production. The ceremony is already farcical enough without deliberately making absurd horse-play out of it. The directors would have done well to omit the music altogether rather than to drag in songs which cheapen the scene...
Another interesting and finely illustrated article is "The Start from Delshaven" by Rev. Daniel Van Pelt. The pictures by J. H. Hatfield and others of the quaint old Dutch town are charming and one wonders how the Puritans could drag themselves away from such a spot...
...balls. Corbett caught and was undoubtedly not in good practice. The outfield had nothing to do and so could make no errors. The team ran bases fairly well but their general play was very slow. The men were slow in taking their places and caused the game to drag. The nine had little difficulty in hitting the ball and batted well. The teams were as follows...
...line in front of their runner, and as he comes forward to open his path by turning away from one another at the instant he comes, the abuse of such tactics is wrong, and it never is, and never can be, good foot-ball to not only push and drag rushers out of the way, but even to butt, seize and pull to one side ends and halves who are running across to tackle. It is no exaggeration to say that this is, even now, not the exception, but almost the custom, in spite of the rulings of the umpires...