Word: championships
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Total scores for intercollegiate championship: Columbia 5, Yale 2, Columbian University...
Yesterday afternoon Ninety-nine won the class championship by defeating Ninety-seven in a close game by the score of three to nothing. The Freshmen out-played their opponents at all points of the game and had decidedly the better team. Although the game was close it lacked interest owing to the fact that neither side could hit the ball safely. Only four safe hits were made during the whole game, and all of these were made by the Freshmen...
This afternoon Ninety-seven will play Ninety-nine for the class championship. The game will probably be played on Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock, but it may possibly be played on Holmes Field instead. As the season is already so far advanced only one game will be played in place of the usual two out of three. The game scheduled for today between the Harvard and Brown Freshmen has been cancelled...
This afternoon the game for the class baseball championship will be played between '97 and '99. Owing to the approach of the examination period there will be only one game played, and our supremacy depends entirely on victory today. Every man in '97 who can do so is urged to come out to support the team. The team has worked hard and has done well so far, and there is no reason why we should not win today if the class will but come out and show the men that they have confidence in their powers to defeat...
...large part due to the fact that Soldiers Field is a harder place to get to than was Holmes, but it seems as if men should be willing to walk a quarter of a mile or so to see their class play a baseball game for the championship. If more interest is not shown the class games will be given up in a year or so for good. Today the final game is to be played between Ninety-seven and Ninety-nine, and it promises to be a good one, although the chances would seem to be in favor...