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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Freshman attack started off in whirlwind fashion, scoring three goals in the first few minutes of play. Captain Murray then scored Yale's only point on a hard shot past Wylde. From then on the Yale freshmen were almost continually on the defensive, the sterling work of Morgan at point successfully checking their occasional attack. At the end of the first period the 1917 team had the game well in hand, and the play slowed down considerably during the second half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN OVERWHELM YALE | 2/24/1914 | See Source »

...Alexander's Feast," 1697; "Three Poems upon the Death of Oliver, Lord Protector of England," by Edmund Waller, John Dryden and Mr. Sprat and "Lachrymal Musarum," 1650; were recently presented to the University by A. McF. Davis '54, F. C. Halsey '68, and G. C. Beals '98. These books almost complete the Library's collection of first editions of Dryden. A first edition of John Donne: "The First Anniverserie," and "The Second Anniverserie," 1612, were purchased by the Library with the Lodge Stickney fund, from the same sale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rare Books Acquired by University | 2/24/1914 | See Source »

...Freshman hockey team met with its first defeat of the season, Saturday afternoon at Concord, N. H., when St. Paul's School defeated them, 4 to 0 in a fast game. St. Paul's School showed almost perfect team-play in which Brune and Henriques excelled, while the Freshmen, individually fast, did not work together. Morgan, Townsend and Baker excelled. FRESHMEN. ST. PAUL'S. Baker, Rice, l.w. r.w., Montgomery Fisher, Kissel, l.c. r.c., Henriques Townsend, r.c. l.c., Brune, Connover Baldwin, r.w. l.w., Morgan, Gold Morgan, c.p. c.p., Young Harris, p. p., Schrieber Wylde, g. g., Stuart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Defeated by St. Paul's | 2/16/1914 | See Source »

...Saturday night. The 129-pound and heavyweight classes were won by clean falls. All the other bouts were won by decision, and were very even, yet uninteresting. Captain W. R. Tyler '14, the only Harvard man to win his bout, put up a very good fight, and several times almost won a fall over E. B. Goodell of Technology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WRESTLERS OUT 4 BOUTS TO 1 | 2/16/1914 | See Source »

...this point, the regular forwards, Smart, Phillips, Hopkins, and Clark, were sent in but were unable to check Yale's onslaught. M. Herron scored the last tally for Yale on a shot from the side near the end of the period, Yale's play was almost entirely individual, Gore and MacDonald showing up best. The half ended with Yale 3 and Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE VICTOR IN ROUGH GAME | 2/12/1914 | See Source »

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