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...Harvards played the Worcesters on Saturday last at Worcester, and were defeated by a score of 18 to 12. The day was raw and windy, which accounts for the bad fielding. At the end of the third inning the score stood 13 to 0 in favor of the Worcesters, when the Harvards began to guage Richmond's phenomenal curves and pounded him for eighteen hits, with a total of twenty-four. Olmsted, Le Moyne, Bean, and Lovering did the best batting for Harvard, and Olmsted's fielding was exceptionally fine. The nine has again shown itself capable of playing...
...number of applicants for the nine is unusually large, and the raw material gives promise of some fine players, with proper training. - [Princetonian...
...must not be taken as a criterion of success in the future. We have probably lost all but one of our last year's crew, and men who have been long associated with our boating interests are now no longer connected with the University. We have plenty of good raw material; but Yale's experience has testified that the moulding of raw material into an efficient crew is no easy task. Such a task is ours this year. Captain Trimble occupies a more difficult position than has been held by any captain of the Crew for several years...
...boat, and does not row as hard as a man of his strength should. Bow, the lightest man in the crew, is, next to stroke, the hardest worker, and one of the best oars in the boat. A large part of this strong crew is so raw that little reliance can yet be put upon them. The crew is made up as follows...
...elsewhere. If he can succeed in arousing a general interest in singing he will deserve the thanks of all, but it remains to be seen whether he will be able to overcome our old friend. Harvard indifference. There is certainly material enough in college, and much of it is raw material, so there is a fine opening for any one who can develop it. We hope that every one who wishes to learn, and can raise the requisite three dollars, will take advantage of the instruction which the College now offers, and try to do his part towards making...