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...pleasure of both spectators and players as well as to the success of Harvard. The game opened with a hard hit of George Wright and an excusable muff by Tyng, followed by a base hit to centre for Barnes, an out for Schafer by McKim, a base to left for Manning, a foul fly well taken by Bush off White, and an out for O'Rourke by Bush off Addy's hit to McKim, well fielded home by Hodges; Wright, Barnes, and Manning scoring meanwhile. Hodges retired at first by George Wright, Bush struck splendidly at the ball three times...
...pleasing. Even the clear north-wind, bracing as it is, reminds one of the passing of the year, as it blows the red leaves to the ground, and makes one regret the departure of flowers and birds, while it bids us enjoy still more the few days that are left...
...nonappearance of Benton caused much excitement. He was the favorite in betting before the race, and many left the course thoroughly alive to the aphorism, "Never bet on the favorite...
...have we a word to say about the general management of the race. The judges and committees who could not tell which boat won, whether Wesleyan or Amherst was second, the order or time of the last boats, and who left the flag on the western bank to be placed by some third person at the last moment, present a picture of mismanagement too deplorable to need any comment. They were appointed to decide the race, however close; the fact that any of these questions have arisen proclaims their inability to fill the positions assigned them...
...with every description of vehicle the ingenuity of man has devised for the last century. Every horse, carriage, and passenger was profusely decorated with some college color. Every cane, whip, hat, or watch-guard showed where the sympathies of the wearers were placed, and a glance along the road left on the mind only a confused blending of many colors, in which no particular one seemed to predominate. In short, the crowd was thoroughly democratic, intensely partisan, and generally good-natured...