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Thus, in the three sports upon which Yale concentrates all her energy and forces, we see her superiority in one counterbalanced by Harvard's supremacy in the two others. But Harvard can do other things as well. For the past three years we have held the Mott Haven cup; since the advent of lacrosse we have never been beaten at that game, and we now hold the championship of the United States. In these two sports Yale has never made a showing. As to best college records in general athletics, Yale holds two, while Harvard comes to the front with...
...Manhattan Club champion, has gone to Baltimore to train for his race with George, the English champion, on Thanksgiving day. George has lost four pounds since the disagreement about the late race. He is proceeding steadily in his work on the grounds of the New York Athletic Club in Mott Haven...
Since my last letter we had our annual fall games. They were held at the Manhattan Athletic Club grounds. The reasons given for holding them there instead of at Mott Haven was that the Athletic Association desired larger audience than there have been for the last few years. The venture was successful, and it is no exaggeration to say that there were as many as fifty spectators on the grounds. More than half of them were competitors, while the other half were marshals and judges of walking. The attendance of the fair ones was unusually large, and it must have...
...perhaps does at Harvard. We have no professional trainer here among us to watch over and direct the movements of our athletes. It is true we have had not quite the need of one that Harvard has, since it is not until recently that we have sent men to Mott Haven. In that branch of athletics careful training is most required. Therefore the professionalism that Harvard has to deplore from that source is not found here. There was this difference, then, in the circumstances of the two colleges, lying in the presence of a professional trainer among students...
Princeton has secured Mackintosh, '84, from Lafayette, who will play upon her ball nine, and who has a record of 10 1-5 seconds for the 100 yards, and is strongest in the hurdle. They hope to win those events at Mott Haven...