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...soldiers who fought in the war were those who first made the attempt to solidify the Union, and foremost among these was one who took for his motto, which is now indelibly engraved over his tomb at Riverside, 'Let us Have Peace...
...first game in the class baseball series will be played between the Juniors and Sophomores on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. On Friday the Seniors will play the Sophomores, and a game between the Seniors and Juniors will be arranged later. The probable batting orders follow: 1910--1b., Hall; 2b., Palmer; s.s., Sheehan; 3b., Foster; c.f., Pond; r.f., Ferguson; l.f., Burrage; p., Everts; c., Ohler. 1911--3b., Carr; c.f., Rodgers; l.f., Angell, Harvey; 1b., Hann; 2b., O'Connell; r.f., Lawrence; c., Sweetser, Clark; s.s., Twitchell, Taylor; p., Minot, Janney, Paul...
...between the Freshman and Cornell 1912 eights, Harvard was easily defeated by four lengths. Towards the end of the race the blade work of the Harvard crew became ragged, and the men were very slow in getting their oars into the water at the catch. Although Harvard was the first to take the lead at the start, the Cornell freshmen were ahead at the quarter-mile mark, and from this point on increased their lead steadily...
...strokes to the minute as compared to 40 for Cornell. The latter soon went ahead, however, and at the quarter-mile mark was leading by a few feet. Both crews had by this time settled down to a stroke of about 36, and were rowing well. When the first mile had been covered, Cornell had increased its lead to half a length, and half a mile further on another length and a half had been added. In the next half-mile Cornell drew away rapidly, and finished four lengths ahead of Harvard in 11 minutes flat, 19 seconds slower time...
...allowed but five scattered hits and struck out seven men. Foster, the Cornell pitcher, was ineffective, but the high score was due in part to the erratic support given him by his team. Until the seventh inning the game was fairly close. The Freshmen secured two runs in the first inning on a series of stupid errors; two more runs were made, one in the fourth and the other in the sixth, due to timely hitting. In the seventh inning the Freshmen found Foster for a number of safe hits, Including a double and a scratch triple, which, with several...