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...Sunday Herald,"in its account of the Yale-Brown game says: "There was a great deal of excitement throughout the game, but not much money was up, excepting some that was bet by Harvard men who came down to back Brown and lost." It is rather surprising to find such a statement as this in the Herald, one which, even if it were true, would be in very bad taste, when in reality it is utterly without foundation...
...left bank of the river Thames, some twenty miles from London, right opposite the town of Windsor, lies Eton, or rather the school, which gives its name to the few surrounding hamlets. The school was founded as early as 1441, by Henry the Sixth, and has ever since come under the care and personal supervision of the monarchs of England, who frequently were visitors on account of the nearness of the school to Windsor Castle. From a paltry hundred, including masters and fellows, the attendance has now increased to 850 scholars alone, and the roll of instructors equals many...
...practicing on the Holmes Field track at five o'clock in the morning, a somewhat unusual hour. As no permission has been given this club to avail itself of the track, the action of some of its members would seem to exhibit a degree of "nerve" that is rather surprising...
...your second inquiry, about Sabbath attendance at church, I should desire the fuller light that I should have to get, were I elected an overseer, from my associates, before finally making up my mind. Everything, or rather many things, have changed greatly since I was an undergraduate-the age of students among them...
Litchfield is one of the catchers and is a very hard worker. He is apt to "rattle" at the critical points of the game and needs a great deal of practice ; he is a fair batter. Varick is a plucky catcher, but rather light for the position. He does not throw accurately to the bases and is weak at the bat. Baker has done most of the pitching for the nine, and does fairly well, he has good curves and very fair speed. He is very weak on "pop" flies, and also at the bat. It will take a great...