Word: championship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This afternoon the Harvard nine goes out to a struggle on whose results depend in part its chances for the championship pennant this year. The nine has done some splendid work since it last encountered the Yale team and has inspired the college at large with confidence of its ability to beat Yale in the contest to-day. Both the fielding and the batting of the nine has improved greatly with its constant practice, and the steady work of the battery in all the games leaves nothing to be asked from that quarter except that it maintain its excellent standard...
...chosen. An annual tournament will be held about thanksgiving time at which each college can be represented by three men who shall play a consultation game with every other three; the college winning the greatest number of games to be declared the victor and to be presented with the championship trophy. The officers of the association are as follows: President, William Shillaber, jr., Columbia; vice-president, J. M. Brooks, Princeton; secretary, W. J. A. Bliss, Harvard: treasurer, George Henderson...
...third game in the class series for the lacrosse championship resulted in a victory for the freshmen by a score of 1 to 0. The game was well played throughout, and Ninety-one showed up better than on any previous occasion. For the first time in the series the sides were even. Soon after play began the ball was forced toward Ninety-one's goal, but the defence played a strong game, and Morton had no work to do until the first half was nearly over, when he made some good stops. The time of the second half was shortened...
Ninety-one showed a wonderful improvement over their play of Tuesday, and if they continue to play in such good form they may win the championship after all. Their throwing is still weak, and most men do not body-check well; but there was a noticeable improvement in this point. Every man played with a snap and vigor which is in striking contrast to the usual listless work of the team. Amory, Walcott and Everett did especially good work on the defence. Davis played home instead of defence as usual, and made the only goal of the game...
...alumni in Alumni Hall; an address on "Medicine" by Professor William H. Welch, M. D., of John Hopkins University; the anniversary exercises of the law school, with an address by Justice Matthews of the United States Supreme court, on "The Judicial Power of the United States;" the Yale-Harvard championship base-ball game at the Yale field; the Glee Club concert at the Hyperion; and at the same hour, the anniversary exercise of the Sheffield scientific school in North Sheffield Hall...