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...game was called at 3 o'clock with Yale at the bat. Hubbard sent a hardliner to right field, which was muffed by Crocker. On this error Hubbard took two bases and went to third while Lovering was assisting Griggs out at first. Hopkins hit to Lovering, who made a sharp throw home to cut off Hubbard, but good base running by Hubbard gave Yale the first run. Hopkins who was thus left at first, stole second, with a narrow margin, went to third on a wild pitch, and came home on Terry's base hit to right field. Terry...
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...nine as a whole is to be congratulated on the steadiness and coolness of its play in the field. The batting, as was to be expected, was very weak. For Yale, Hubbard caught a faultless game, while Jones was very effective as pitcher. Other features of the game for Yale were the second base play of Terry, the base running of Hopkins and the batting of Jones and Childs. The result of the game was decidedly encouraging for the Harvard nine. The following is the score...
Harvard, '86, vs. Brown, '86.The freshmen defeated the Brown freshmen at Providence on Saturday by a score of 15 to 7. The batting of Harvard was very heavy, while they made but three fielding errors. Magill injured a finger while practising before the game, and was obliged to give place to Austin who played first base in fine style. The catching of Kimball and the short stop play of Edgerly were features of the game, while Gardner made a difficult catch in left field. The fielding of Brown was wretched. On batting, Phillips, Chamberlain, Edgerly and Gardner led for Harvard...
...writer in the Chicago Times says: "An astronomer told the writer yesterday that the experts in that science do not attempt nowadays to cover all the ground, but each confines himself to his chosen department of work. The field is too vast for one man to attempt to spread himself all over it. Prof. Pickering, for instance, the director of Harvard Observatory, is a great observer, and gives almost exclusive attention to his telescopic work, leaving the mathematics of the science entirely to his assistants, Messrs. Chandler and Rogers...