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...Williams, Trenchard and Titus are the candidates, with the odds in favor of Williams; but should Trenchard's arm, which was injured two years ago, grow stronger, it will be a nip and tuck race. Both men are in poor form and show a woful lack of snap; they need to bestir themselves in order to compare favorably with the other college catchers. In the pitching department there is a wealth of material. Bradley, providing his arm holds out, will do most of the pitching in the championship games. Altman will be called in should Bradley's arm fail...
...Banjo Club is now making rapid improvement, under the leadership of J. M. Little, Jr., '97. Notwithstanding the fact that the majority of the men are novices, the club already plays with a precision and snap which is unusual at this time of year. Of the three parts, the banjeaurines are the poorest; they lack the expression and softness of touch required. This will no doubt be remedied before the first concert, which takes place at the University Club in Boston on April...
...freshman crew is not as good as it was a month ago. There are still 16 men rowing. They show the same snap as usual, but their general form is getting poorer, on the whole. They are being worked pretty hard, some of them rowing twice a day. On Saturday the crew rowed in the following order: Stroke, H. Adams; 7, Butler; 6, Seaver; 5, Goodrich; 4, Hurley; 3, Rice; 2, Bull; bow, J. Adams...
...Boston coincides with that of New York that there is more amusing material in "The New Boy" than in any comedy presented here for years. The action is lively and the comical situations follow each other as fast as professional foot racers. There is ginger and go and snap in every scene. It is questionable if that always funny comedian, James T. Powers, has ever had a character more suited to his inimitable fun making faculties, nor has he ever portrayed one in Boston in which he has scored a more pronounced success. Others in the cast include Frederic Robinson...
...freshman crews rowed a shorter time than usual yesterday. The stroke was lively and the men showed plenty of snap. The chief fault just now is a tendency to go forward too fast...