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...nine left Cambridge with that buoyant confidence characteristic of all freshman teams. The result of the game was 8 to 1 in favor of Yale, - base hits, Harvard 3, Yale 12. The account of the game in the Crimson said: "The Harvard nine found it impossible to bat Lamb's pitching, which was remarkably fine, while the Yale men batted Cruger with comparative ease." The Yale freshmen were jubilant, in the Yale sense of the word. After their nine had again demolished the Harvard freshmen, and of course there was no doubt of that, they proposed to challenge the Harvard...
...give the freshmen all the encouragement they need. We expect them to make a desperate effort to win, remembering that this is their last chance to break the record, so long unbroken, of Yale's freshman victories. Let each man imitate the Yale freshmen and "step to the bat with tightly drawn muscles and determined face," remembering that, although he has not the possession of a fence or his college future in his hands, as was the case with the Yale freshmen, success will be reward enough...
...eight. This result is due in part to the bad luck which has disabled from time to time some of our best players. The one point which has lost so many games is the weakness and lack of judgment which almost every man has shown at the bat. Few men can bat with confidence and steadiness unless they have had practice against the best pitching - that of professionals. When our faculty made the anti-professional rules, they had reason to believe that Princeton and other colleges would do likewise, and on this consideration the students generally approved the action taken...
...prize bat this year will be given for the best average in all the college games played, both exhibition and championship...
...nine played its second championship game with Princeton on Saturday, and was defeated by the above score. Harvard won the toss and sent Princeton to the bat. Wilson, Clark and Harlan hit to Baker and were thrown out at first. Coolidge opened the first inning for Harvard with a base hit, Baker followed with a hit allowing Coolidge to score the first run. Smith went out on a fly to Wilson, and Lovering and Nichols struck out. In the second inning Princeton was again retired in one, two, three order. Beaman made a hit but was left on first base...