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...owing largely to sharp playing by Burnett. A long punt by Adams, however, sent it over the senior goal line. The return kick by Kimball was caught by Bancroft, and from this point of the game things began to look unpleasant for eighty-six. Rushes by Holden and Porter drove the ball to the 15 yard line, and a touch-down was prevented only by the sharp tackling of Littauer. The determined work of the eighty-eight rushers resulted in getting the ball to within five yards of the goal, but desperate rushes by Dewey, Vogel and Harris averted...
...muddle-headed contemporaries who have been publishing accounts of the "Death of a Harvard student wile engaged in a joke," the following facts may be of interest: The man in question was not a Harvard student. He did not accompany the party of students to Worcester, but drove back the empty carriage. He was not intoxicated, but died of apoplexy...
...final inning opened discouragingly enough. Beaman fouled out. Winslow struck out. Nichols stepped to the bat and drove his second two-base hit far out to left centre field, scoring a moment later on a terrible wild pitch by Gunderson. Willard was fielded out at first. Brown again failed to find Nichols,- and the game and championship were...
...next three men. For Harvard, Beaman got his base on balls, and went to second on a passed ball, but careless base running resulted in his being put out between second and third. Tilden hit hard for two bases to right field, and was followed by Nichols, who drove the ball to long left field for a home run. Willard was put out at first on a missed third strike. Allen made a clean two bagger. Smith got his base on balls. At this point in the game, Dillon be came discouraged, and took Brill's place at centre. Brill...
INTERRUPTED BY RAINWhich drove players and spectators to shelter for a space of ten minutes; after play was called Smith stole third, but was caught napping, closing the inning for Harvard, as Allen had fouled out, and Foster had been retired on strikes. Clark opened up for Princeton with a hit, but Taylor and Van Ausdal struck out, and Edwards went out, Nichols to Willard. Score, 8 to 0 against the visitors...