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...Manchester side Snigg proved to be the most troublesome pitcher the Nine have had to face this spring. Carl caught very well, and Cogswell played first base without error. Woodhead, at third base, won deserved applause by his good stopping and swift short-arm throwing. Blogg caught some hard flies in centre field in a very easy and graceful manner...
...fully appreciate the difficulty of preparing the Tabular View, but it seems to us rather hard that students who take Latin 8 and Greek 11, the regular Senior Classics, should have every course in History except History 9 and 10 - the latter of which is a graduate course - closed to them...
...readers are acquainted with the circumstances of the case, we will not enter into them, but that so flagrant an exhibition of cruelty and rowdyism should pass among us without notice would justify the accusations of a low standard of morality which writers in the Transcript have striven so hard to substantiate. The individuals who were concerned in the affair are liable to prosecution for cruelty to animals, but they will probably escape the punishment they so richly deserve. They cannot, however, avoid the judgment of public opinion, which must refuse the title of gentlemen to persons who participate...
...drew forth from the spectators frequent shouts of good-natured derision. The entries were: Jacobs and Cutler against P. Tuckerman and Ellis, the latter being allowed 5 seconds. Messrs. Tuckermann and Ellis showed some slight want of practice, especially in steering their canoe; but they worked hard, and managed to come in 10 seconds behind their opponents, thus losing the race by 5 seconds...
...single-scull race, Messrs. Danforth and Goddard. Some other gentlemen wished to enter on Saturday morning, but were debarred by the books being closed the previous evening. There was a good deal of excitement when the two contestants passed the boat-house, on the way up; both were pulling hard and they were rowing pretty evenly, but Goddard soon got ahead, and on turning the stake-boat it was evident the race was his. Mr. Danforth did not pull over the course, leaving the race to Mr. Goddard, who rowed it in 6 minutes 11 1/2 seconds...