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It is to be hoped that competent umpires will be furnished by the management of the Base-Ball Association for the remainder of the games in the Series as nothing is better calculated to make a game interesting for spectators and players alike, than good umpiring, [and in games so...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baby Ansons vs. Bostons. | 5/13/1887 | See Source »

[Boston Post, May 12th.]The little Record is in a sad state of mind because it finds that the DAILY CRIMSON, a small sheet published at Harvard University, is mainly devoted to news about sports. Why should it not be? The CRIMSON is not conducted by the faculty in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Vindicated. | 5/13/1887 | See Source »

I can imagine nothing which would have a more decided tendency to foster ill will, and controversy between two colleges. In days gone by the college paper would comment on the discourtesy shown in failing to applaud good plays of the college opponents, while now the zeal of the paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 5/12/1887 | See Source »

The Harvard boys say they have a poor crew to represent American oarsmen, and complain of the action of the faculty, which prohibits them from hiring a professional "coach." Then, again, the Cambridge crew is probably the most formidable collection of amateur oarsmen in the world, and it would seem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 5/9/1887 | See Source »

Here is the home of the Mayflower and Puritan, to say nothing of our League base-ball nine, and a dozen other equally famous attachments, which make Boston the world's centre, so far as sports are concerned.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 5/9/1887 | See Source »