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...right to publish the programme of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association has been sold to a New York firm...
Work on the new library for Yale, to be built from funds presented by Mr. Chittenden of Brooklyn will be begun this spring. The contract has been awarded to a New Haven firm, and in the contract there is a stipulation to the effect that the building shall be ready for occupancy by May, 1889. Before the new library can be commenced, the two old buildings which are on the site of the new library must be removed. They will be sold at auction within a few weeks. There have been no material changes in the plans of the building...
...firm of Bailey, Banks and Biddell, of Philadelphia, has offered, through the Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy, a new kind of championship trophy to the Amateur Athletie Union of the United States, recently organized. It is a solid silver plaque with a background of plush, framed in carved oak. It has engraved on its surface 23 disks, which represent walking, throwing the shot, tennis, running, lacrosse, skating, fencing, rowing, swimming, bicycling, boxing, and other sports embraced in the union...
...yesterday's issue we published a short account of the doings of the cricket eleven. Cricket is a sport which should be encouraged here; and the various cricketers of Harvard have striven earnestly to obtain a firm footing for the game. The team has been very successful in its matches with teams from the neighboring towns, but those interested naturally want a wider field. Therefore they have arranged a game with a team from the University of Pennsylvania, probably the first amateur cricket eleven in the country. This game is to take place on Holmes Field, a fact which ought...
...loss of an umbrella or hat was of frequent occurrence. On Broadway, one woman of 200 pounds weight got caught in a drift. The frantic efforts of her escort to extricate her were without avail. Extra aid was summoned and after repeated attempts she was rescued and placed upon firm ground...