Word: championship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first vice-president, C. E. Moulton, of Dartmouth; second vice president, H. C. Bemis, of Amherst; secretary and treasurer, Richard Belcher, Amherst. Messrs. Belcher, Clark, Jones and Kramer, were elected a judiciary committee, whose work it should be to adopt rules, choose the umpires, and make the schedule. The championship for '88 was formally awarded to Williams. The association is in a flourishing condition, and there is every prospect that the coming season will be a very successful...
...present time. Only four old players from last year's nine and substitutes are now in college-the other positions must be filled by men whose experience in baseball has been limited to practice with class nines. It is easy to see that the outlook for the championship next spring is by no means rosy-hued, but the conditions under which the candidates will be able to work have never been better. In the first place we have a professional coach, and secondly, the nine will play some games with professional clubs. These advantages will tend to offset the loss...
Nearly twenty-five candidates are at present in training for the Cornell crew, in charge of Commodore Psotta, who holds the amateur championship of America in single sculls. and Mr. Nelligan, the university athletic trainer. Commodore Psotta is also in training for the amateur championship of the world, and will contest for the pennant in the Henley regatta, to be rowed on the Thames next summer; he will also represent Cornell in other regattas abroad...
...mild weather of the last two weeks has brought out a few of the lacrosse men for out-door practice, but this has been lately succeeded by a colder spell, so nothing of importance has been accomplished. Considerable interest has been awakened in lacrosse by the winning of the championship last spring and by the exciting and closely contested class series in the fall. Of course every effort possible will be made to retain the championship in this branch of athletics, though it will be a difficult task to win from such teams as our rivals are preparing...
Harvard's chances for winning the championship has received a decided blow by the loss of Captain Griffing. Besides him seven other members of last year's team have left college, so that to be able to wrest the championship from Princeton and to bring it back to its natural home all the candidates will have to work their best and help the captain to their utmost abilities...