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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...nine showed up so well last week that we can predict that we have the best nine we have ever had, and it is the duty of every one of us to give it our heartiest support in every way. - Princetonian...
...meeting, but it has not been settled decisively, we hope - for the action of the class was scarcely more than a mere evasion of the real question. It is well to bear in mind that the old adage of a "stitch in time saves nine" is as true as ever it was, and the feeling of distrust which is prevalent at Yale, if not done away with at once, will be a disagreeable factor in all our athletic relations with that college for the future. There should be no false sentiment that the class would be "going back on itself...
...amateur base-ball arena, as best represented by the college nines, has really done nothing to make the game interesting this season, and as a result small figure and pitching contests may be expected. Their rules encourage wild pitching as much as ever and handicap the batsman, and were adopted, apparently, without a thorough study or acquaintance with the principles of the game or the innovations made by the professional organizations. It is a fact that at the meeting held in this city to form a new college league, there was scarcely a representative who had any positive information about...
...league did a really great thing in responding to the imperative cry for more batting, base running and fielding, and less strike-outs. The result will be less strike-outs in the professional contests, while the condition of affairs in the colleges will be as unsatisfactory as ever. Nothing has been done to prevent any tyro from entering the pitcher's box and depending upon mere speed for effectiveness. Last year the Yale, Harvard and Princeton pitchers averaged over 10 strike-outs to a game. The average may be somewhat less this year, but will be doubtless disproportionate...
...communications called forth by Mr. Laughlin's lecture need little comment. Whether the discussion be profitable, or not, it serves as a proof that there is serious thinking done in Cambridge - the daily papers to the contrary, notwithstanding. We realize this hot-headedness is ever attendant on religious and political altercation, but we deprecate the extreme dogmatic force into which our correspondents have allowed themselves to be betrayed. We close the discussion here in order that our correspondents may not come to blows...