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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...They wish it distinctly understood that the Corporation does not pretend nor desire to act as a god-mother to our morals, but does claim the right to look after the property of the College and the propriety of the day, and they think their ends can be better accomplished by the classes using their influence to stop the abuses, than by direct interference on the part of the Corporation...
...base hit, filling the bases, with O'Rourke, the Manchesters' best striker at the bat. O'Rourke sent a high fly between short-stop and left-field, which Nunn caught finely. Leary then struck out. This game brought out the skill and coolness of the Nine in trying circumstances better than any other game of the season. Thayer, Tyng, Nunn, and Wright played well in the field, and Fessenden and Holden made difficult foul catches. Thayer and Tyng led at the bat. The breaking of Tyng's thumb was not such a serious misfortune in this game...
...missed in the first game, and Tyng's absence in the second was irreparable. It is unnecessary for us to praise Howe's playing; the noble way in which he did his work has been recognized and appreciated by all of us. But had he played a thousand times better, Ernst would still have lacked that perfect confidence in his catcher that comes only from long working together. To this lack of assurance, rather than to any other cause, is to be attributed the number of base-hits made by Yale. That we were beaten fairly and squarely...
...good order at heart, took occasion to blame a certain policeman whose beat is near the Campus, because he did not prevent sundry little escapades of the students, whereupon the insulted Majesty-of-the-Law braced himself up and replied, 'Now look a'here; if you know my business better than I do, you just take my club and travel. I'll resign.' Notwithstanding this generous offer, the Corporation is not represented on the police force." - Brunonian...
...answer to this communication has been received from New Haven, and the Yale Navy apparently have taken no action in the matter; but it is certainly a desirable thing to have a single-scull race for the championship of the two colleges, and there could be no better time for it than the week of the University race at New London. If any decision in this matter is to be reached this summer it ought to be made at once, to enable the contestants to make the necessary preparations. As Mr. Livingston has taken the first step, it is only...