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...learning to meet the ball squarely. The afternoon work has been devoted to fielding ground balls, and practice in double plays, sliding, and running bases. This work has been mainly under the direction of Coach Frantz and Clarkson. The battery squads have practiced every afternoon, the pitchers giving particular attention to control, and in the latter part of the time, to curves. Improvement has been steady and satisfactory, the work of the first squad being especially good, with the exception of a few men who have been irregular in attendance on account of illness. The second squad was disbanded yesterday...
...invention of the guillotine, which in some analogous form had already been used in Germany and in Scotland, happened to coincide with the outbreak of the Revolution, and was not a consequence of that movement. But it was certainly singular that the invention should have taken place at that particular time, since it enabled executions to be conducted with a rapidity and a certainty which would have been impossible with the means formerly at the disposal...
...pursuance of this policy the men have been given practice in handling ground balls, and in simple pivot and combination plays; practice in base-sliding was held for the first time yesterday. The battery squads, which include both University and Freshman candidates, have been given exceedingly light work, and particular attention has been paid to drilling them in the correct form. The pitchers have not as yet been allowed to attempt swift or curved balls...
...lecturer then gave an account of the other great festivals, mentioning in particular that which attended the funeral ceremony for Mirabeau, the Festival of Liberty, and the Festival of the Supreme Being organized by Robespierre...
...sixth annual intercollegiate gymnastic meet, which was to have been held at Princeton on March 25, will be held instead at New York University. Particular interest attaches to the meet this year, as it is intended to send a picked team composed of the winners of the six contests to the St. Louis Exposition. The team will compete against one similarly picked from the western colleges for the intercollegiate championship of the United States...