Word: championship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second game in the class championship series was played on Jarvis yesterday afternoon. The seniors beat the sophomores by a score of 7 to 6. The game was very close throughout, though Ninety-one had the lead for seven innings. McPherson and Wood were both very effective and the batting very light. The men on both nines played well though several showed the lack of practice. The features of the game were the difficult running catches of Wood and Crosby. The batting was weak and the base running sometimes careless. Very fine playing was made difficult by the cold wind...
...Mott Haven teams. As Harvard has lost many of last year's prize winners in track and field athletics, every new man will be looked upon as a possible substitute, and must feel that the credit of the college depends in part upon his best efforts. While the championship is in so great doubt, there can not be too many entries even in the class games. These games will give new men a chance to see what they can do and at the same time will be a valuable preparation for the University games next week and the inter-collegiate...
Henshaw '89 went to Princeton last Saturday to witness the Yale-Princeton championship game, which was postponed on account of rain...
...championship games begin on May 18, against Princeton at Cambridge, and then come those against Lehigh, May 25, at Bethlehem, Pa., and Stevens, May 30, at Cambridge. It has been extremely difficult to arrange practice games because so many of the loca clubs have disbanded, but probably a match will be arranged with Waltham for May 4. A game with a picked team of graduate3 may also be secured. If the Boston Athletic Club orfanize a twelve, as it is hoped they may, Harvard will probably meet them also...
...present there seems to be a good chance for making a hard and even a winning fight for the championship. There are enough old men to form a good nucleus, and as the new material is unusually promising, the team will probably be stronger than that of last year. If no accidents happen to the players, Harvard may hope to win back the honors which now rest with Princeton...