Word: five
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...much more rapidly than in previous years, and two teams have already been brought into playing form. The first game will be played today. The teams are in charge of Captain Daly and C. Sargent '02. There is intense rivalry between the teams and each of the series of five games is expected to be hotly contested...
...team is still weak at first base and behind the bat, but the infield is fairly promising. There is excellent pitching material. As there have been only two days of out-door practice, very little can be said of the outfield. Saturday afternoon two nines were picked and a five inning game was played. The following men, not including the batteries, make up the squad: First base--Baldwin, Foster, Lancy; second base--Daly, Jackson, Black; third base -- Forsman, Story; shortstop--G. M. Leonard, Noyes, Van Amringe; outfield -- J. G. Coleman, Comins, Chace, Dever, Winsor, Kelly, Minton, McCall, Emmons, Torey...
...Frye went to Cuba five months ago, having volunteered to serve the government there gratuitously for five years. Since his arrival his experiences with the Cubans have been most interesting. From threats of lynching and attempts at blackmail the Cuban newspapers have turned to hearty appreciation of his efforts. From being regarded as a spy and a robber of Cuban nationality he has come to be looked upon as the virtual founder of education in the island. When he arrived in Cuba there were some four thousand children attending school, and the teachers had to depend upon the subscriptions...
...School. Another notable addition to the Library is the set of volumes containing the Cape of Good Hope Reports. These reports are of especial interest now because many of the cases reported involve places made famous by the war in South Africa. The set comprises about seventy-five volumes, and is probably the only one in New England...
...Saturday's play in the duplicate whist contest Harvard make a net gain of 17 -- 12 in the afternoon and five in the evening. Harvard played a straight long suit game and Yale played an irregular lead, showing strength in trumps. The total tricks were: Harvard 47, Yale 30. Harvard now holds a record of six victories during the last six years. The players were: Harvard--A. J. Halle 2L., E. D. Fullerton 2L., H. H. Fox '00, A. R. Campbell 1L., M. Hyman 1L., M. G. Beaman 1L., E. S. Foster '01, and N. S. Kelly 2L. Yale...