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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEAR SIRS.- A comparison of the scores that our eleven has made this year, in the games so far played, with those of former years shows that the team is not up to the usual average, for this time of the season. The playing of the team at Philadelphia, in the championship game with the University of Pennsylvania was very poor and clearly proves the necessity of hard work if the eleven is to be brought up to the desired standard...
...Stead, '91, who had five yards handicap. His time was 53 2-5 seconds. J. C. Hubbard, '92, with twenty-five yards came next. The mile run was the next event, W. C. Downs, '90, and G. Collamore, '93, being the only contestants. The former was scratch and the latter given seventy five yards. Collamore won the event in 4 minutes, 39 seconds. Downs' time was only 4 minutes, 44 1-5 seconds. The next event was throwing the hammer. Four men contested, but the scratch man, Allen, withdrew, W. H. Shea, '92, who had a handicap of 10 feet...
...much to the credit of the treasurer of the Boat club. The past year has been more expensive than usual and it has been only by the best of management that the expenses have been kept within reasonable bounds. If the crew had been managed as in some former years the debt would now be intolerable...
...running borad jump had two contestants, E. B. Hinkley and L. A. Frothingham; the former won by a jump of 19 feet and 2 inches...
...unfinished match in doubles between Wrenn and Lockett and Orcutt and Potter was completed Saturday morning, the former winning the deciding set 6-3. The general play was not as good as the day previous but Wrenn's drives to the back line between his opponents and Lockett's steady play won the match. Following is the score of the deciding set by games...