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Longman's Magazine gives the following account of some English cricketers who watched a game of base-ball at Philadelphia recently, and then proceeded to form a somewhat poor opinion of the batting qualities of the base-ball players. Cricketers are apt to despise what is called a full-pitched ball - that is, one which does not touch the ground before it reaches the bat. The cricketer can have but a poor eye, in fact, he must be but a poor player, who cannot hit such a ball; and though if he is careless about it, he may readily...
...Hoist than they are by some of our own writers. The fulness of the statistics in regard to various important topics is very satisfactory. We have observed but few errors; the author is not accurate in some of his statements about the legal-tender cases in the somewhat ill-judged note on p. 62, and it is a very misleading statement on p. 231 that 'Unquestionably Congress can as little impair the obligation of contracts as a State," No court could declare a law of Congress unconstitutional merely upon the ground that it impaired the obligation of a contract. There...
PRINCETON, June 2. The nine returned unexpectedly on Tuesday morning. The news heard early Monday evening of the only half expected victory, created such a disturbance that the Decoration Day exercises in the First Church, presided over by Governor Green, was somewhat annoyed. Fires, drums, and a general noise gave evidence of college feeling. There is a too well grounded feeling that the old cannon in the middle of the campus has seen far too few fires for victories of late years. Princeton seems to have started, and only started, back to a respectable showing in track athletics. The bottom...
...about the best that has been seen during the tournament. The "rallies" were long and called forth much applause. The set went to Lee, score, 6-4. After a few minute rest, play was resumed. Lee seemed to be tired in this set and although he rallied somewhat toward the last, lost the set and the match: score...
...seniors was done by Coolidge, Allen and Bisbee; Litchfield also made some pretty one-hand stops. For Ninety Young and McLeod did the best work in the field. Slade and Vila both played a steady game on first. Mr. Palmer, umpired very fairly, though both sides grumbled somewhat at his decisions which, however, is to be expected in all games. The score...