Word: three
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...base-ball grounds were changed from the Delta to Jarvis Field. J. B. Ames, '68, was captain, and three great games were played with the Lowells, to decide the disputed question of championship. The scores are as follows...
...number of games with Yale was increased to a series of three, instead of one, annually, as had been the custom before. This year, Harvard began to lose its prestige as first of amateur clubs, losing five out of ten games during the season...
...cause for regret that the Class Nines should have been such a failure. Only three games were played, notwithstanding the interest shown in them by the students at large. One reason of their failure lies, apparently, in the fact that Captain Coolidge would not allow the 'Varsity men to play upon their class nines after the first games, as it interferes with their practice. Another reason is that the captains were not obliged to play upon certain dates, whether they were ready or not. One nine might have been ready to play on the day agreed upon...
SATURDAY, May 15, was all that could be desired as to the weather overhead, but a strong breeze blew up the Charles River course, and did much to make the times of the crews poor. At about three o'clock the tug left the West Boston Bridge pier, and steamed over to the Union Boat House, where Dr. Charles H. Williams, the Referee, was taken on board. Fifteen or twenty minutes were then lost in mooring the judges' boat, after which the tug proceeded to the mile buoy, where F. B. Holder, '81, and G. H. Williams, '81, were waiting...
...surprise of every one, by a fast and strong stroke, quickly took the lead, and by the end of the first minute were a good length in advance. From that time on they were virtually out of the race, gaining at every stroke. But the struggle between the three upper class crews was long and exciting. For a mile no one could be seen to shake off the others. At the beginning of the last half '82 slowly forged ahead, and '80, although badly demoralized and pulling a ragged stroke, gained slightly on '81. The Juniors all this time...