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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...their home grounds can by no means be predicted from the showing made by the two teams last Saturday. Although Harvard played championship ball, the Princeton team was decidedly off color, and today it is expected that the calibre of its real baseball ability will be manifested. The fact that the University team has not won a game at Princeton for twelve consecutive years is good evidence of Princeton's strength on the home grounds. But the Harvard team today, is made up principally of players, who have had the advantage of playing at Princeton in past years...
Owing to the fact that the rules governing the race for junior eights prohibit any man who has rowed in a four-mile intercollegiate race from taking part, R. Ellis '09 will replace Severance at No. 5 in this second race...
Owing to the fact that the Boston Museum of Fine Arts is closed from May 1 to October 1 while the transfer to the new building is being made, some of this best statues and pictures have been sent to the Fogg Art Museum for the summer. This will afford a splendid chance for men interested in Fine Arts to see some of the best pictures and marbles without going into Boston...
...three upperclass crews all had changes in their orders up to the latter part of last week, but in spite of this fact they have materially improved during the last few days, and at present seem to be very evenly matched. The Senior crew is made up of powerful men and rows well together. During the week the slide work has become much smoother and the blade work better. The Junior crew has corrected the tendency to wash out and rows with much snap, although the body swing of the men is very uneven. Both the Senior and Junior crews...
...decision of the Athletic Committee were not incorporated in a minute, it is generally understood that such a decision was reached on account of the ill success of the sport at Harvard, the lack of interest among the players and undergraduates, the poor facilities for the sport, and the fact that, as an indoor sport, it is not considered physically beneficial...