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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Schliemann made a great discovery. Upon excavating the so-called hill of Troy, he found it to be a heap of walls, houses and rubbish, for fully half its height. On a hill which was originally sixty feet high, nine different settlements had been built; city upon city. The second city was built high walled upon the first, and was followed by the third, fourth, and fifth, in nearly the same limits, until the builders of the sixth city extended bounds and founded Troy. On Troy were built two unimportant Greek cities and, finally, in the time of Augustus...
...Schliemann began his excavations by digging a trench from the north through the hill. He found that Troy was surrounded by high walls of stone, surmounted by sun-dried bricks. The bricks were slabs, one foot and a half by four inches, held in place by uprights and cross-beams of wood. Every fourth course of bricks was replaced by a cross beam...
However, Dr. Doerpfeld continued the work of excavation and found three more cities. Dr. Schliemann in his investigations had overlooked the shell which had been left in excavating the mound. This was dug into by Dr. Doerpfeld and the other cities disclosed. These were built in the years from 3000 B. C. down to the time of Augustus...
Owing to the lateness of the season it has been found necessary to give up the shoots for the Parker gun. The four shoots, which were necessary to compete the series, could not be held without running into the period of the final examinations. The club has had an altogether successful year. The club-house has been fitted up, a platform and a new screen have been built, and the team was sent to Princeton. The club has undergone all these expenses without running into debt. Next year the intercollegiate shoot will be held at the groups of the Boston...
...first inning Harvard made two runs through Brown's errors. Summersgill held the visitors without a hit until the seventh inning when his arm gave out and Harvard piled up four runs before he was taken out of the box and Mellor put in. After the game it was found that Summersgill had sprained his arm and will not be able to pitch for some time, thus throwing the bulk of the work on Brady. Brown's only run was made on a fumble...