Word: favored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...whether this new arrangement has any bearing on Harvard's relations with Yale, nothing will be said at presens by the athletic committee. Prominent athletes who were seen last night expressed themselves as heartily in favor of the agreement with Cornell. While they were not in a position to state what its effect would be on contests with Yale in future years, it is understood that if it comes about that athletic relations with Yale are continued in future years, there will be nothing in the nature of things that will prevent regular contests with both colleges...
...game was going in favor of the Pops up to the seventh inning. In the seventh Kingsbury weakened and allowed seven hits with a total of eleven bases. In this inning the Trilbys had thirteen men at bat. The Trilbys increased their lead in the eighth, when Breed made a home run with three men on bases. In this inning the Trilbys batted through the list, and in the ninth ten men were...
...third consecutive victory over Dartmouth at Williamstown this afternoon in one of the prettiest contests of the season. It took Williams four innings to size up Paley's curves, but after that they hit him at will and came out with the score of 9 to 3 in their favor. Both teams played clean fielding games, but Williams won by terrific batting, eight of the nine runs being earned. Dartmouth's runs were gifts, one being tallied on four bases on balls and the other two on Draper's needless error in the ninth. Lewis was a puzzle...
There are not so many fast men as usual in the quarter mile. First place should be won by either Bingham of Harvard or Sands of Union with the chances in favor of the former. Marshall of Harvard, ought to win third place...
...even terms with them. The juniors had the race well in hand, and finished two lengths before the '97 boat, which was directly in their wake. Many of the spectators near the finish line could not tell which crew had won second place, but the judges decided in favor of '97 by half a length. The slow time of 11m. 43s. was caused by the rough water...