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...tackling was not good, and Trafford was the only man who seemed to know anything about blocking off. All of the backs did some good rushing, but they were aided materially by the poor tackling of the Exeter backs. The playing of the academy team, against a much heavier lot of men was creditable; there is good material in the rush line, and Whitehead, at full-back, is a promising player...
...stopped during the fourth inning by rain. The score at that time was 4 to 3 in favor of ninety-three. The freshmen were playing by far the steadier game, not having had an error in the four innings they were in the field. The seniors were doing the heavier batting; they secured eight hits off Wiggin in the four innings, but the excellent fielding of ninety-three forced them to earn all their runs, and thus held the score down. The feature of the game was Piper's clean home run along the left field foul line...
...team yesterday afternoon by a score of twelve to eight. For three innings Harvard's play could hardly have been worse. The infield were rattled and costly errors were made one after another. There is no reason why Harvard should not have won the game; for her batting was heavier and she had the advantage of having five men sent to first base on called balls, while Downer did not send a single man to his base on four balls. Harvard's errors, however, were all made at critical moments, and her coaching, moreover, was poor. The batting showed some...
...second bout in the light-weight sparring was between J. L. Dodge '91 and J. L. Putnam '92. Putnam looked considerably heavier than Dodge but was not as scientific. The first two rounds were decidedly in Dodge's favor, but in the third round Dr. Appleton stopped the bout and disqualified Dodge on a foul after having cautioned him a number of times...
...final bout in the light-weight spairing, Cheney, '92, defeated Putnam, '92. Putnam was the heavier man, and lasted better than his opponent, but Cheney's quickness and leading stood him in good stead...