Word: championship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...field; the tennis courts are being laid out, and everything points to a very lively spring. The spring term is the pleasantest part of the year. There is always something to do or to see. The class races, the H. A. A. games, the base-ball and lacrosse championship games, and finally Class-day and the New London races crowd hard upon each other. Our outlook in athletics in good but not nearly as good as it should be. We must work if we would win. The University at large must show its interest in the work of the teams...
...doubt, to the lack of practice. The quick and accurate fielding which we must have before we can hope to defeat Yale can come only by constant practice. We feel sure that Captain Henshaw's energy and skill will do all that can be done towards bringing the championship back to Harvard this year...
Beyond the championship games there is no settled schedule for this season. Practice matches will, however, be played throughout the season with clubs, from the vicinity of Boston. It is expected that there will be a game with the Cambridge team Fast Day, although this has not been fully settled. Of the championship games to be played, only those against Lehight and New York University will take place in Cambridge. The remainder, those with Princeton and Stevens Institute, will be played away from home...
...York. Tuesday, April 3d, the nine goes to Newark, and on the following day the second and last game with the New Yorks will be played. With such advantages as Yale enjoys it will be seen that our own nine is heavily handicapped in the struggle for the championship. In addition, Yale has practically the same nine this year with which she won the pennant last season. Only by the most zealous work on the part of our nine can we hope to make a respectable showing against Yale this year...
...Harvard crew lost much by rowing Yale so soon afterwards, and if the race with Columbia took place earlier there would be a waste of time as well as of money. Mr. W. D. Clark spoke in favor of the negative. He said if men were hurt in championship games, they were just as liable to injury in practice games. If the other colleges were given up and the number of games between Harvard and Yale were increased, the interest would be lessened, and the attendance would diminish. In case of a dispute, the representatives would disagree and a deadlock...