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After Catholic University had bowed to the Blue in a one-sided game, Yale met her next setback when Holy Cross (whom the University defeated 1-0) scored a 6-4 run. Poor base-running and failure to make use of the eight hits which they secured were largely responsible for the defeat...
Vermont has so far lost only four games in a uniformly successful season. Her only serious setback was at the hands of Holy Cross, whom the University edged out 1-0. The Worcester nine trimmed the Burlington men 8-3. Vermont broke even in two games played with Boston College, losing 2-0 in a game played on May 29. A few of the teams which have bowed before the northern aggregation are. Tufts, 2-0; Middlebury, 6-4; Princeton, 1-0; Georgetown, 5-4; Williams...
...Crimson first crew has so far had an unsuccessful season, having been defeated in turn by Annapolis, Princeton and Cornell, while the Blue outrowed the Columbia and Pennsylvania eights but received a severe setback at the hands of Cornell and Princeton. Shifts have been made in the seating of the crews of both colleges since these races and the strength and speed of the University and Yale combinations have been improved. Both Freshman crews have also been badly beaten by the Princeton and Cornell yearlings...
Pennsylvania has had a remarkably good season this spring, its only serious setback being against Yale, 6-4, and last Saturday against Columbia, 1-0. In the Yale contest the Quakers were in the lead until the eighth inning, when the Elis rallied, collecting three runs. Huntzinger, who has an otherwise good record this spring, was driven from the box early in this contest...
...during vacation but owing to the fact that three men of the first boat were absent because of illness the practice was a disappointment. The illness of the men in the first boat has necessitated a general shift in the make up of the eight and is a serious setback, especially since the Pennsylvania race is only three weeks off. In reference to Yale's unfortunate condition Coach Professor Abbott said that the coaches had never seen the harbor so rough and seldom had there been so many cases of sickness at one time...