Word: championship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday afternoon Eighty-eight and Eighty nine played the third game in the class championship series on Jarvis. Although the score was very close, the game was very uninteresting owing to the tedious length to which it was drawn out. The game was called at the end of the eighth innings on account of darkness. Eighty-nine played very loosely at first, and in the second innings Eighty-eight made seven runs on four hits. After that Eighty-nine played much steadier and by their timely hitting won the game. Downer and Thayer each made a home run, and Palmer...
...Crimson nine makes its first appearance of the season to-day in a championship game. The glorious record of last year will in all probability be repeated. The nine is in good form, and comprises the best material on the board. The retirement of Captain Faulkner was a great loss, but his mantle could have fallen on no more worthy shoulders than those of the present incumbent. The captaining of the nine will be all the numerous friends of the Crimson can desire...
Yesterday afternoon, the second of the games for the class championship was played with '87 and '89 as the contestants. '89 put a new man in the box who proved a failure. '87 speedily "caught on" to his delivery and batted out sixteen runs in the three innings which he pitched. In the third innings by ten hits well bunched and by five errors of '89, '87 made 12 runs. At the end of third inning '89 put McPherson in the box, who kept '87 down to the three hits...
...series will be played, one between the Bostons, Victors and Baby Ansons, the other between the Crimsons, Volunteers and Pittsburgs. The winners of these series will play one game for the amateur championship...
...Page, University of Pennsylvania, the champion high jumper, has accepted an offer from the Manhattan Athletic Club to go abroad this summer as a representative of that organization. He will start early in June, and will contest on July 2 for the championship of England in the national sports. - Yale News...