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...Yale proved to be the most exciting that was ever played on Jarvis Field. The Yale nine, expecting an easy victory, was accompanied by two hundred members of their college, while a large audience of ladies and graduates appeared to support the Crimson. The game was won in the first innings. Yale went to the bat. Parker drove a long fly to centre field, which Nichols captured. Lamb got first by Richardson's error, and took second as Folsom balked. Hutchinson hit safely to right, sending Lamb to third, Walden bringing him and Hutchinson home on a single. Camp...
...were then lost in mooring the judges' boat, after which the tug proceeded to the mile buoy, where F. B. Holder, '81, and G. H. Williams, '81, were waiting to compete in the Junior Scullers' race. At the word "Go," Williams, who had the outside course, took the water first and got a lead of half a length, which he doubled during the first quarter. Holder then caught up, by a long and steady stroke, and at the half-mile passed Williams. From this point on the race was easily Holder's, although Williams made a good spurt...
...Referee's boat then proceeded to the Railroad Bridge to start the Class Crews. The Juniors arrived first, soon followed by the Seniors and Sophomores; the Freshmen were last to appear, having been detained by a slight accident at the Boat House. Owing to some mistake, the railroad drawbridge was not open, and after repeated attempts to have it opened, the crews were obliged to shoot under it, at imminent peril to their boats, on account of the high tide...
...Freshmen were nearest the Beacon Street wall; then came '81, '82, and '80 respectively. At the start the Sophomores took the water first, and had a lead of half a length, but the Freshmen, to the surprise of every one, by a fast and strong stroke, quickly took the lead, and by the end of the first minute were a good length in advance. From that time on they were virtually out of the race, gaining at every stroke. But the struggle between the three upper class crews was long and exciting. For a mile no one could be seen...
...Ideal Opera Company in "The Prince of Palermo." The music of this piece is charming, the plot is very amusing, and both singing and acting are capital. On Monday, Daly's adaptation, "An Arabian Night, or Haroun Al Raschid and his Mother-in-Law," will be given for the first time in Boston...