Word: contest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Villanova aggregation has found the sailing pretty rough so far this spring, losing well over half of its contests; but its lineup has seven veterans including pitcher Hensil who played on the 1928 nine which trounced Harvard by a decisive 8 to 0 score. The left-handed Wildcat hurler let the last year's Crimson outfit down with six hits and fanned nine, facts which tend to show that today's contest may yet be a ball game worth seeing...
...Mardulier '30, Coach Farrell's premier high hurdler, has not been in uniform since the day of the triangular meet. His appearance Saturday is doubtful, while Vernon Munroe '31, who was on the injured list at the time of the Brown meet, will probably be in condition to contest the dash events with the invaders...
...University diamond forces, combining eight hits with the ineffective pitching of two Lafayette pitchers, amassed an 11-run lead in the first three innings of yesterday's game, to win by a 16 to 7 score. There was a noticeable drizzle throughout, and the contest, despite sporadic moments of brilliant fielding, was marred by nearly every miscue known to baseball...
Color will be contributed to the occasion by a Gloucester dory regatta on the River. The terms of this contest have not yet been cleared up but it is supposed that the opposing crews will row in the same direction starting from the Weeks Memorial Bridge. Robert Leader Lampoon has been engaged as superficial transom and slide greaser in charge of coaching operations. "Remain long in the water and don't shoot" are the warning words of this mentor...
With the confidence born of ten victories and but one defeat, the Lafayette baseball team will pitch camp on Soldiers Field this afternoon to cross bats with the University diamond forces. The contest, the eleventh of the season for Harvard, is scheduled to start at 4 o'clock...