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...Cycling Association started from the Gymnasium yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Twenty-two men went out under the leadership of Captain Burdette, riding to Chestnut Hill Reservoir at a moderate pace. There the party divided, part returned via Beacon street and the Harvard Bridge at a fast rate, while those who did not care to scorch followed in an easy pace with W. R. Brinckoihoff...
...first game to be played under the Harvard-Cornell agreement will be the football game on Soldiers Field this afternoon. From all appearances the Cornell team this year is considerably weaker than the team last year. There has been a great lack of heavy men and fast backs. The men have shown little ability to run up big scores against the teams they have already played. There are five new men in the make-up of the eleven, and the old men are not playing in the same positions as formerly...
...first set Ingraham played a backcourt game, but in the next two sets he ran to the net at every opportunity and won rather easily. Pierpont's lobs were short and ineffective. Parke's victory over Holt was rather unexpected. He played a very fast game, out-classing Holt at every point. He did especially good work at the net and his back-hand strokes were remarkably swift and accurate. Holt was somewhat handicapped by having to use a new racket. The summary of yesterday's matches is as follows...
There are several good halfbacks. Dayton is quick to start and runs hard and fast with the ball. Holt plays well; Boardman and Stowell are hard rushers, Porter has some idea of kicking. Blakie has also shown promise of good kicking...
...work of the football squad during the week has been most satisfactory to the coaches. In the Dartmouth game the play was fast and snappy, a decided contrast to some of the earlier exhibitions. The freshman material is being worked hard, but as yet few men heavy enough to be of much use can be found. A balance of $2,286.39 is shown by the report of the Financial Union for the last year. This sum is left after meeting all expenses of the Cambridge games and the annual subscription to the Field Fund. The fact that no increase...