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...game at Worcester on Saturday between the Worcester Technology and Havard '92 resulted in a bad defeat for the freshmen. The rushers failed to get through the opposing rush-line, and were slow in dropping on the ball, while the backs fumbled badly. Two halves of thirty minutes each were played. Play began at 2.35. Harvard having the kick-off. Brooks gained fifteen yards on a rush but the ball was soon lost on four downs. Harvard gained possession of it again near her twenty-yard line, but a fumble by Baker allowed Crosby to get it and he easily...
...Yale; in doubles, Taylor and Presbey, Harvard, with Thorne and Knapp of Yale second. In the fall of '84 the winners were: In singles, Knapp of Yale, and second, Brinley of Trinity; in doubles. Knapp and Thorne, Yale; second, Brinley and Wright, Trinity. The tournament was marked by the defeat of the champion of the United States, Mr. R. D. Sears, by Knapp of Yale...
Following close upon the victory in the singles comes the news of defeat in the doubles. Though beaten Harvard's representatives gave their opponents a hard rub. Messes Sears and Shaw certainly did good work, and they may feel sure that the college recognizes and thanks them...
...whom it belonged; and, secondly, by this removal of the responsibility the interest in the work and success of the crew was lessened. The committee deprecated the state of affairs last year when they felt as thought they lacked the moral support of the University in their work. The defeat of the crew was the inevitable result of a race between an eight of veterans, rowing a familiar stroke, and a new eight rowing the same stroke for the first time...
...conclusion of the reading of the committee's letter, Mr. Brooks spoke briefly in the interest of Harvard's athletics. The blame, he said, for the defeat of our athletic teams was too apt to be put upon one man, whereas the responsibility of the success or non-success of any organization should be shared by the college. Lately there has been an undertone of discontent with the workings of the different teams, which has shown itself in perpetual grumbling and fault-finding. If we expect to win on the athletic field, we must work together, the college with...