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...large number of candidates for the Hockey club were on Glacialis Saturday afternoon. The ice was soft and rough. At first two teams of picked men were made up for a regular practice game, but, as everyone else soon joined in, any attempt at systematic work was out of the question. As soon as possible, chosen men will practice by themselves on some pond in this vicinity. J. Crane, '90 is managing the club...
...they walk along. Occasionally, also, the Advocate informs the eleven or the nine that if they can play well enough they will win, provided they don't get over confident; and tells the captain of the lacrosse team that if he keeps his head he will have a soft thing. When these articles appear the college smiles and tolerates the paper. But when this infantile burbling is turned in serious channels and pretends to represent college sentiment, it is time for the college to object...
Holmes field was rather too soft for cricket yesterday, especially after the two showers, but the scheduled championship match was played off in spite of unfavorable conditions. Haverford went to the bat first, and by steady play piled up 85 runs, Muir leading with 19. Sharper fielding by Harvard would have kept the score lower. Brown and Garrett led off in Harvard's first innings. and made 25 runs in quick succession before the first wicket fell. After that the side was retired rapidly by the puzzling balls of Martin and Baily. The game was stopped by rain after Haverford...
...result of the yesterday's cricket match was disappointing. The Harvard eleven did not do as well as they had given us every reason to expect. while Haverford played a very strong game, especially in the field. Notwithstanding the rain and soft ground the game was close and interesting...
Owing to the rain of the post few days the wickets today will be very soft, and consequently the bowlers ought to have things very much their own way. We have never up to now won an intercollegiate game, and, as the eleven this year is without doubt the best that Harvard has yet put into the field, we may look forward with some confidence to the result of today's game...