Word: beacon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard battalion will be formed tonight at 7.15 on the Charles street side of the Boston Common, the right of the line resting on Beacon street. The students are requested to present themselves as promptly as possible in order that there may be no difficulty in organizing the battalion. Baldwin's Cadet Band will head the battalion and will be followed by the drum corps under command of K. Fairbanks '90. The uniforms of the drum corps. which will number at least eighty men, will consist of long white dress coats, trousers with one leg red, the other black...
...Beacon street wall was lined with spectators, who enlivened the race by their enthusiaatic cheering. The freshmen were especially jubilant, and have evidently taken hold of rowing in the right way. The crews were composed of the following...
...race is to be rowed on a course which can easily be seen anywhere along the Beacon St. wall and from the Union Boat House. It will be rowed in barges and under the rules which usually govern the class races. If an accident occurs within the first ten strokes, the crews will be recalled for a new start. There is every reason to believe that the race will be well worth seeing. The crews have been strenghthened by the old men who have come in and by constant practice during the last two weeks. The Law School crew...
...decided to hold it on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 8. The course will be the same as that chosen for the intended race last spring: starting from the bridge at Mt. Auburn, direct, through Watertown and West Newton to Great Sign Boards, thence to Newton Center by way of Beacon and Walnut streets, then back through Watertown, finishing at the starting point. The course as described above is about fourteen miles long, Liberal handicaps will be given in order to make the finish as close as possible. All riders in the university are invited and urged to enter. Further announcements...
Harvard defeated the Beacons yesterday in a poorly played and uninteresting game. The Beacons put Nichols, the old Harvard pitcher, in the box, and he was batted freely by Harvard. He was very wild, giving seven men bases on balls. Smith, who played first base for Harvard several years ago, covered that bag for the Beacons. Harvard presented a weak nine. With four regular men on the sick list, she had some difficulty in collecting a worthy representative team. The batting on the Harvard nine was well distributed, every man but one getting a hit. The batting of the Beacons...