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...Yale-Harvard freshman game will be played in Cambridge on Jarvis Field...
...hear on the best authority that the Corporation are willing and anxious to appoint a director of field sports after the example of the Yale authorities. Though the salary will probably not be over a thousand dollars it will not be expected that the director occupy his whole time in the duties of his office but that he will be chosen from either the Law School or the Medical School...
...worked hard and earnestly under the careful supervision of a faithful captain, and in case of victory or defeat they deserve our hearty commendation. The customary ill-luck which seems to follow the foot-ball team has not failed us this year, for the eleven will go to the field tomorrow crippled by the loss of many of its best players. At the best, our struggle with Yale could not fail to be an exceedingly close one; but, entering it as we do, with such a decided handicap, a plucky, if not successful game cannot fail to deserve praise. That...
...their preliminary game their standard has even surpassed that of Yale's former elevens. With Princeton however, they scored actually less than our team did although their defensive game was much more effective. Taking this into account if we were able to place our best team in the field we would have no need to despair of success. As it is, nothing but indomitable spirit and grit, can save us and the best wishes of the entire college go with the team that our men may be equal to the emergency...
...square pitching,' as it called, is out of the question, as that would involve a return to the old time scores of a hundred and odd runs to a game. Under the existing rules there is too much 'battery' work in a match and too few chances given the field. This can alone be obviated by allowing the batsman greater freedom of action in batting, and this can only be done by extending the number of fair balls he is allowed to strike at from three to six, obliging the umpire to call a strike on every other fair ball...