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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...5TAKE the Fitchburg R. R. for Chicago and other western points. Shortest and cheapest route. For tickets and berths apply to J. M. Perkins, 11 Stoughton...
...unsteady in the field, but, worst of all, they gave no indication by their head-work that they had ever played an intercollegiate game of ball before. The freshmen showed more knowledge of the game a week before than the 'varsity did on Saturday. Not for years, at the shortest reckoning, has any Harvard nine made such an exhibition of itself in an important game on the home grounds...
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...height of his good fortune, Defoe spoiled everything by a satire on the Established Church, called "The Shortest Day with the Dissenters." It spread consternation and excitement among men of all parties, aroused the intense opposition of the churchmen, and the lurking distrust of the nonconformists. Defoe was vigorously punished, but his hold on the London populace was demonstrated by their enthusiastic reception of him, even when in the pillory...
...game lasted but an hour and a quarter and is probably the shortest one that has taken place in Cambridge for many years. This is doubtless owing to the very quick work in the third, sixth and eighth innings, during which Reed, the '95 pitcher, delivered just ten balls, which were easily fielded and the men put out in the one, two, three order. The fielding at other times was, however, very weak. Cassatt was very unsteady at short-stop, but during the latter part of the game improved and showed that he had no business to make such costly...