Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...field will be further improved in a short time by prolonging the Harvard street fence from the Newell Gate along the river driveway to the line of the south football grandstand, and along behind the grandstand to join the other end of the Harvard street fence...
...allowed three hits in the seventh inning, but settled down and pitched the last two innings in better form. Since Reid's leg gave him some trouble Milne went in to catch and did very good work, catching several fouls and throwing well to bases. Coolidge was back at short, but was not up to his form in the field, although he batted well...
...record was broken. Boal threw the hammer 144 feet 2 1-2 inches, bettering Chadwick's distance by 13 feet 3 inches. Hallowell equalled the record in the high hurdles, as did Richards in the short dash. Richardson in the two-mile, a new event for the dual games, set a good record by winning the race in 9 minutes 57 3-5 seconds...
Bowdoin Prizes in Greek and Latin Composition are offered as follows, for next year: A prize of $50 will be given for the best translation into Attic Greek, written by an undergraduate, of the passage in Green's "Short History of the English People," Chapter 1, Section II, beginning, "It is with the landing of Hengist," and ending with "Gildas tells us nothing of their fortunes or of their leaders." Another prize of $50 is offered for a translation into Latin of the passage in Hooker's "Ecclesiastical Polity," Book I, Chapter XV, beginning, "Laws being imposed...
...score of 49 to 44. Harvard went to bat first on an extremely soft wicket, and, although Lowry and Murray both made creditable stands, scored only 44 runs. When Brockton came to bat the condition of the ground had improved, but the wickets continued to fall at short intervals. With eight wickets down for but 16 runs, Brockton netted 33 points on the next two stands. Harvard. Drinkwater, l.h.w. Orton, 2 Fairweather, b. Orton, 0 MacNeill, b. Orton, 1 Murray, c. & b. Orton, 13 Lowry, b. Battles, 14 Paul, b. Orton, 0 Mather, c. & b. Battles, 5 Taylor, c. Battles...