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...before the day of the sports for which they enter. They will give up smoking, drinking, and late hours, and will do every day what they know they must do in order to secure a place. Who is there at Harvard that ever trained a month for our Athletic Field Sports? It has been often said that there is no necessity of training much, because no one does it; but this is now an excuse of the past. For it was decided, at the last meeting of the Athletic Association, that prizes are not to be given unless a fixed...
...first game of the fall on Wednesday last opened very encouragingly, and tested well the nerve of the new players. Each man in his position had something to do. Holden's assist from the out field, Dow's capture of a difficult fly, after a hard run, Howe's play at third, and the pitching and catching of Ernst and Tyng, were noteworthy features of the game. The base-hits, though few, were well timed, and the batting generally hard. A return game will be played with the same club to-morrow at 3 P. M. on the Boston grounds...
...second annual field meeting of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association 'took place on the grounds of the New York Athletic Club, July 6. But four colleges were represented, and the attendance was small. The contests were as follows...
FOOT-BALL is the favorite sport in fall, and we hope that Holmes Field will be kept in constant use, for our foot-ball team owe it to themselves and to the College to place themselves on a level with the crew and the nine. It is true that the team will suffer severely by the loss of so many good players from '77; but there seems to be no reason why, with steady practice, a team could not be formed strong enough to bring back the laurels which were lost at New Haven last year...
...looking over the various subjects in which special honors are given at graduation, one would think that every field was thoroughly covered, every want met. But perhaps a little careful consideration of the subject will serve to dispel this illusion, if such...