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...game was called at 3.30 P. M. in the midst of a drizzling rain, George Hiller of New Haven being accepted conditionally as umpire by Capt. Thayer, as neither Sumner nor Reach, the specified umpires, was present. Harvard took the bat, and in the first three innings retired in striking order; Winsor alone reaching first on a hot liner to left field which Brown failed to hold, and in attempting to reach third was fielded out by Smith. Parker hit for a base, but was beautifully fielded out by Tyng to Latham. Smith took his base on balls, but fell...
Fourth Inning. - Hutchison out, Latham to Wright, Parker hit safe; Smith hit to Wright, who stood midway between home and first, and met the runner; the latter slid along the ground, and the umpire decided not out. This caused a tedious and exciting discussion between the rival captains and their assistants; and no other competent person volunteering as an umpire, the game was resumed where it had been left off. Ripley struck out, and Tyng juggled the ball sufficiently to seduce Parker from second, and then fielded him out, making a brilliant double play and withdrawing us from a precarious...
Yale scored in the first inning on a base-hit by Hutchison, a passed ball, a wild pitch, and a base-hit by Parker; and added one more in the seventh inning, by Brown getting his base on balls, and base-hits by Carter and Camp...
...chief merit of "Tom Brown at Rugby" is that it tells exclusively of school life; the chief defect of "Tom Brown at Oxford," and one which Mr. Severance has unfortunately imitated, is that college life is made of secondary importance. Neither Mr. Hughes nor Mr. Severance is a first or even second rate novelist, - both are very successful as historians of their boyhood's experience...
...routine of such occasions was pleasantly varied, and a large number of toasts were responded to. Mr. Gooch was elected toast-master of the evening; and after the past and present officers of the society had been called upon, many of the members also responded, including those of the first ten from '81 who were present. The appearance of Mr. Wheelan and Mr. Redding, who have contributed largely to the success of the stage of the society, was the signal for hearty applause. Mr. Ranlett answered to the "Records," Mr. Jones to the "Committee," and Mr. Fowler to the "Pipe...