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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...large crowd saw the freshmen beat the seniors in the first of the final series yesterday. Ninety-three hit Bates freely and at opportune moments, but their base-running was not good and they take too many chances in throwing the ball for difficult plays. The weak points of the nine are short and third...
...cricket eleven played at Chelsea on Saturday and won their second game. The wicket was soft and bumpy, and prevented accurate bowling, while the long grass in the outfield made it difficult to get even two runs, except off boundary hits. Harvard went into the field first, and, as at Somerville, got a wicket on the first ball. They retired Chelsea for 45 runs, allowing only W. L. Martin, who played a careful game, to roll up double figures. For Harvard, Garrett batted best with 23 runs to his credit, while Sallivan and Parker hit well...
...freshman team, which amounted to nothing more than an unfair attempt to rattle their opponents. These men must learn that such tricks as coaching the players of the other side to make collisions, or standing by the third baseman and trying to rattle him when he is after a difficult foul, or calling to any one but a base runner, are in accordance neither with the rules of the game nor with the tastes of the college spectators. It is well to play ball to win but not to win at any cost; and it seems that the freshmen...
...last run. The second baseman fumbled Howland's grounder, and the latter stole second, and took third on O'Rourke's wild throw. Trafford made a very opportune hit to centre and brought him in. In the eighth, with two men on bases, Hovey gave Soule a difficult chance which he did not accept; Hovey stole second and third and scored on a passed ball. The score...
...Spring meetings of the Athletic Association are never so well attended as the Winter meetings. It is difficult to find a reason for this, as the outdoor meetings are confusedly the more interesting. The University meeting on Saturday promises to be unusually exciting, and it should be well attended; men should go, if for no other reason, to encourage the candidates for the intercollegiate team...