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...arrived, and the exulting Shipkins, in company with his chum, set out for the city to meet the fair ones. Now, whether he was too flurried to calculate aright the time of the train's arrival, or was unduly long putting the finishing touches to his toilet, will ever be a matter of doubt; but that he blundered somewhere and, as a consequence, failed to connect, there can be no doubt, for, when he reached the depot, he found that the train had come and was gone, and that his lady friends had gone too. When Shipkins realized the situation...
...second game in our series with Yale proved to be the most exciting that was ever played on Jarvis Field. The Yale nine, expecting an easy victory, was accompanied by two hundred members of their college, while a large audience of ladies and graduates appeared to support the Crimson. The game was won in the first innings. Yale went to the bat. Parker drove a long fly to centre field, which Nichols captured. Lamb got first by Richardson's error, and took second as Folsom balked. Hutchinson hit safely to right, sending Lamb to third, Walden bringing him and Hutchinson...
...Mott Haven sports last Saturday were in almost every respect satisfactory. As had been expected, Harvard won nearly every event in which its representatives were entered, taking eleven prizes. The conclusions to be drawn from this result are easily seen. More men have trained this year than ever before, while the system of Class games instituted this spring for the first time, drew out many men who have heretofore kept aloof. By this means, the chance of winning prizes has been greater than ever before, and competitors have been induced to work hard in the hope of being sent...
...demoralized and pulling a ragged stroke, gained slightly on '81. The Juniors all this time had been rowing in splendid form, but their light weight seemed to tell against them. On entering the last half-mile, however, they began one of the most magnificent spurts (as Mr. Bancroft remarked) ever seen on Charles River...
...dearest brother, ever lost...