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With the score three to two against them Harvard came to the bat in the last of the ninth. Corbett knocked an easy grounder to Steere and went out at first. Cook got a base hit amid great enthusiasm. Wood cock proceeded to give Upton his base on balls, sending Cook to second. Here Highlands came to the bat, and won the most tremendous applause of the Harvard men, with a safe base hit, bring in Cook and tying the score. With the score a tie Hovey hit a long fly to centre making two out. Hallowell...
Earned runs, '93, 3, '92, 1; two base hits, Stevens, Hallowell, Stone, Bell; three base hits, Hallowell, Cock; home run, Curtis; base on balls by Wiggin 1, by Young 2; base on errors, '93, 5, '92, 4; struck out, by Wiggin 9, by Young 2; passed balls, Stone 2, Bell 4; wild pitches, Wiggin 1, Young 6; left on bases, '93, 3; '92, 9. Time 2 hours, 10 minutes. Umpire, Corning...
...second prizes, a larger total than was made by Dartmouth in getting the championship. Six first prizes made Dartmouth win. Only one of the men Amherst sent to Hartford last spring has left college, and to the number remaining several new and strong candidates have been added. Dr. Hitch-cock, the gymnasium instructor, has contributed $50 towards engaging an instructor for the three or four weeks just previous to the meeting...
...glad bibulation culminated in one grand "Bier Kommers," in which all the members of the university participated. It was held in the great Fest Halle and was attended by from four to five thousand persons. At eight and a half o'clock the bout began; and the cock had crowed himself hoarse in welcoming full orbed day before it was ended. I have attended similar gatherings in Heidelberg before, but none which in magnitude and glory could be compared with this. Grave professors, gray-haired students of bygone times, guests, royal and otherwise, jaunty young corps students with their bright...
That the latest announcement at Harvard is cock-fighting...