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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Albions of Saxonville played a game on the East Cambridge grounds, September 27, with an Eleven, nominally the Nahant, but practically the Harvard. The Harvards batted first, and hit for 54 with 5 extras. Of these, Lee, Hubbard, and Dwight earned 47 by splendid batting. The Albions made only 24 with 6 extras, being unable to get hold of either bowler. Robinson and Cowles alone made average scores. The fielding on both sides was very good, as is shown by the small number of byes. Tilden's bowling was very effective, and Hubbard did some very good work; while...
...room they are about to engage for their use during the year, and it is thought that an arrangement of this kind will be for the advantage of both societies. It may be here added that the success attending the above-named society during the past year, the first of its existence, is one of the best guaranties of the success of the present plan...
...they have been heard in other though humbler quarters before, and, what is worse, Harvard cannot do otherwise than plead an unqualified "guilty" in the face of them. If it be urged that a short course in rhetoric and a few themes are sufficient for the first object named, that of making our students good writers, then why these severe complaints from those who are presumably qualified to make them? But there is even less to be said against the second charge, inasmuch, as far as can be seen, Harvard's policy toward oratory is to bundle...
...about 4.22 the explosion of the Telegraph Co's firearm, a general murmur of voices and stampede to the bank showed that the Freshmen had really started. In a couple of minutes the placard for the first half-mile said, "X." "Am." "Hd." Cheers for Yale were given with a will, and her partisans crowded excitedly down the banks. The announcements for the second, third, and fourth half-mile were the same, and were received with increased excitement. After that no one cared to look at placards, for the boats were in sight. First Yale was distinguished, pulling that long...
...western bank had seen Yale cross first, but so little ahead that when the flags were presented to Harvard they readily accepted that as decisive. The eastern bank, looking directly across the stream, were sure that Harvard was first, and the possession of the flags made them doubly so. This certainly made the developments of the evening more aggravating...