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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...practically untried. Caldwell or Gable will pitch in place of Howes, who was in the box in the last game. Williams has been shifted to first base and Lally is catching in his place. The fielders will depend entirely on who pitches, as the pitcher who does not start in the box will play in the field...
...University baseball team will play its second game with Holy Cross this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Soldiers Field. It has not yet been determined whether Hicks or Hartford will pitch, but the former will probably start the game. Dowd, who was in the box at Worcester on May 8 when Holy Cross won 7 to 6, will again oppose the University team...
...practically all managership competitions--those for University football and baseball alone excepted--the main work is the collection of money. At the start of the competition the understanding is that the man who collects the most money will get the job, provided he is personally acceptable. This underlying condition has led to many sharp decisions and much ill-feeling--we cite no instances, but the air is full of them. This must necessarily continue, so long as the present system is adhered to. What is the use of having a competition, if the best competitor does...
...sixty-two courses; they represent all the courses which any Senior counted among his three most favored or his three most regretted courses. They are ordered according to an arbitrary percentage of calculation which is supposed to bring out the degree of preference. It may be noted from the start that more than three fourths of the Seniors have refused to answer the inquiry, probably because they recognized the misleading character of this method. The philosophy department offers five introductory courses. Not a single one has the honor to be in the first half of this list of sixty...
...School four-oared crews rowed two races over a three-quarter mile course on the Charles River above the Stillman Infirmary yesterday afternoon. In the first race the Middlesex crew won from the Freshmen by one and a half lengths. The Middle sex crew got a lead at the start and held this advantage throughout; they rowed in almost perfect form and used fully as much power as the Freshmen though a considerably lighter crew. In the second race the Freshman second won by a length from the Middlesex second four, who were one half length ahead of the Freshman...