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...took place after this, and among the female portion a lively hair-pulling contest was inaugurated. Last Thursday afternoon the freshmen retaliated by capturing several sophomores just as the entire class was about to start on a sleigh-ride. The police interfered and rescued the sophomores. The class then drove to the place where they were to hold their banquet, but found it surrounded by such a crowd of freshmen that they were afraid to alight. The result of the whole affair is that several men are to be expelled by the Faculty...
...short space of three days, much has happened which time alone can never efface from the memory of all those who were present. It was indeed a great day for Harvard when the President attended by his cabinet arrived at the main entrance of the college, and slowly drove through the yard. Never was a heartier welcome extended to President Cleveland than he received during his short stay at Cambridge, and men of all political creeds joined in the greetings extended to him. Never in the history of Cambridge has any single event brought together such eminent men leaders...
After the game the victorious freshmen, adorned from head to foot with crimson and white, hired a barge and drove around the city blowing horns and singing an adaptation of "Yale Men Say." They accepted an invitation from the sophomores to come and sit on the fence which the freshmen had forfeited, and many of them brought away chips of it as mementoes. In the evening there was a dinner at the Athenaeum, which was not very enjoyable, owing to the disturbances on the field being too fresh in memory. Most of the nine staid over Sunday in New Haven...
...three order in the second. In the third Brown got their only run of the game. Cook got first on a wild throw by Nichols, stole second, went to third on a missed third strike, and scored on Edgerly's throw. After one man was out, Edgerly drove the ball into left field for a home run. Wiestling got his base on balls, Smith made a hit, and Phillips got his base on balls, but they were unable to score...
Game was called promptly at 3. Princeton went to the bat, but failed to score in spite of a splendid three-base hit which Blossom drove to centre field. Harvard was more fortunate, and opened matters briskly enough by earning three runs on singles by Phillips and Willard, and doubles by Smith and Nichols...