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Lacrosse is rather prosperous. In the games which have already been played, the team has shown up well enough, considering the number of new men on the twelve. Two championship games have already been easily won, Stevens was defeated ten to nothing, and Lehigh six to nothing. Little is known here about he Harvard team and therefore comparison is altogether impossible. But there are those who confidently expect that we shall be successful and carry off the first honors...
...most exciting adventures among the cannibal aboriginees of Australia. His experiences have been the subject of several interesting addresses in England and in this country, made doubly so by the illustration of the lecture with Australian views. Although the notice of Professor Lumboltz's address has been made rather suddenly, the variety and peculiarity of his adventures should cause a considerable number of persons to desire to hear him this evening. The lecture will begin at 7.30 o'clock...
...best which has been played here this year. Harvard played a good up hill game after the second inning, and the tying of the score was due to steady, cool playing. The work of the infield was good with the exception of the short stop who played a rather listless game. The base running was poor, for the simple reason that the base runners did not pay close attention to the coaching Wilkesbarre got a run in the first on a hit, Cumming's fumble in left field, a passed ball and a sacrifice. She got three more runs...
...Bicycle Race-Meet, held Saturday on the Holmes field track, was successful in every respect. The events were well contested and exciting. The weather was fine and the track in very good condition. The track is four laps to a mile and the turns are rather sharp for bicycling, but under the circumstances some of the events were very fast. The meeting was well managed and the events passed off smoothly, and without delay...
...parable of "The Little Game of the Blue Hound" is very bright, though that particular vein of humor is about exhausted. The daily themes cover a variety of topics, and as a whole are good. The publication of the first might be considered in rather questionable taste, if the paper were intended for general circulation...