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...Exonian is jubilant over victories in tennis and foot-ball with Andover and the "Tech" respectively...
...Dartmouth correspondent of the Exonian in the course of a letter remarks: "When I touch upon base-ball at Dartmouth, I am well aware that I am nearing delicate ground, because our position last year was not one calculated to call forth general acclamation. However, there is always that bright beacon - hope-and it really looks now as if we might "take a brace." Our prospective pitcher is Dillon, of '88, who in form and action resembles your old foe, Vinton, more than anyone else I have ever seen. One of the Western college journals says that 'Dartmouth...
...freshmen, who will be brought face to face with the Andover and Exeter elevens later in the fall, will read with interest a few facts on the relative merits of those teams as given in the Exonian. It says: "We have no grounds upon which to assume any superiority, and cannot, therefore, speak too encouragingly of victory this fall. Andover is trying, with every possible effort, to perfect the deficiencies of their team by constant training and practice. They are said to spend habitually from two to three hours each day at labor with the leather, and, although they fail...
...Exonian advocates the idea of regular school athletic tournaments for the students of the academy. It is a good plan as it develops both interest and muscle and gives the participants a greater chance when they attempt, a year or two later, to compete in the college meetings...
Cochrane, who played centre-rush on the Andover team last year, will probably play in that position on the Harvard Freshman eleven against us this year.-Exonian...