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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Wednesday the first scrimmage of the spring practice was held. The teams lined up for short twelve minute periods, first one side being given the ball and then the other. More attention was paid to the individual work of the men, however, than to the team play. Thursday, on account of the rain, the teams were not lined up, but the men were shown how to handle the ball in wet weather. Friday the scrimmages were resumed and the teams given some hard work. After the regular practice, special attention has been given to the kicking candidates, among whom...
...first championship baseball game with Cornell, which was to have been played on Saturday afternoon at Ithaca, was cancelled on account of the rain. It rained all the morning, but began to clear about 3 o'clock, and the Cornell team started practicing in the field. At 4 o'clock, however, the downpour resumed. After watching the Cornell interscholastic track meet, the team had an early dinner, and took the 6.18 train for Boston, where it arrived yesterday shortly after noon...
...Freshman baseball game with Exeter was cancelled Saturday on account of the rain. This afternoon the Freshmen will play Stone's School on the Freshman diamond at 4 o'clock. Stone's School has a promising team, having won from Westminster Saturday, 8 to 1. They have defeated Roxbury Latin School, 5 to 0, and have lost only to Volkmann...
...account of rain yesterday, the game in the Leiter Cup series between the Probation A.C. and the Rookies was postponed until Monday at 4 o'clock on the new diamond, and that between the Mugwumps and the Mary's Lambs until Tuesday at 4 o'clock on the new diamond. Today's games will be as follows: Ultra Vires vs. Hammer-throwers at 4 o'clock on the 1911 diamond, and Dilettantes vs. Squabs at 4 o'clock on the new diamond...
...Tunis '11 defeated I. S. Joseph '11, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; S. C. Simons '11 defeated L. J. Wyeth '11, 6-0, 6-2; C. P. Aiken '11 defeated F. P. Abbot '11, 6-1 6-3. The rest of the matches, which were postponed on account of rain, will be played this afternoon, as follows...