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...nine played the third game of the series with the Beacons yesterday. The playing of both nines was very poor, and the batting of Harvard was weak. Allen was disabled in the second inning and gave place to Crocker; Keep went to right field. In the sixth inning Nichols retired and Chamberlain took his place at centre field. Lovering played a perfect game at second base, stopping several very hard hit grounders. Smith played a good game on first. Welch and Badger batted well for the Beacons. Following is the score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 5/10/1883 | See Source »

...gold championship medal will be given to the winner in each contest; a silver medal to each winner of the second place, and a bronze medal to each winner of a third place. A special prize will be awarded to the competitor making a best on record. An entrance fee of two dollars for each event must accompany all entries. Entries close May 26th, and must be made by mail. All communications should be addressed to the Secretary National Association Amateur Athletes, Post Office Box 3478, N. Y. City...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: N. A. A. A. | 5/10/1883 | See Source »

...time limit of one and one-half hours, but play must continue for at least one hour and until at least one goal is won; all rests between goals to count as part of the required time; a player must be thirty days a resident of the city or place from which the club in which he is playing comes; members of college teams are permitted to play with any club during vacations, but must give at least one week's notice on changing from one club to another. It was voted to send an American team to England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/8/1883 | See Source »

...discontent are heard. Cornell has been afflicted with a student election, in which there was much bitterness and ill-feeling shown, and in which, if we may judge from the account of the matter in the Sun, some performances similar to the recent unfortunate election frauds at Yale took place. The occasion has called forth some very bitter reflections from our esteemed contemporary. It cries: "The student opinion that can countenance the disgraceful and unmanly words and actions that have come to be characteristic of a college election, is surely diseased and vitiated, and needs most emphatically some cleansing process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/5/1883 | See Source »

...accessions in the department of antiquities and folk lore are particularly interesting, several old and scare titles being here entered. It is pleasant to note that Prof. Childs' "English and Scottish Popular Ballads" occupies a prominent place in this list. The library possesses No. 197. There are only 1000 copies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN. | 5/4/1883 | See Source »