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From the letters published in today's CRIMSON it will be seen that the dates for the Harvard-Yale Freshman baseball games have been at last agreed upon to the satisfaction of both sides. There is no reason why thearrangment thus made should not be satisfactory in every way. The game at Cambridge is now close at hand and in the time which now remains the freshman nine will have to put forth every effort to strengthen itself. At present the prospects of winning are not very bright, but hard work and unceasing practice may bring success...
...Saturday the Cricket club lost a game to the Lawrence club by a score of 84 to 48. The victory of Lawrence was very largely due to the fine batting of John Carmichael, who, some years ago, played occasionally for Susse. For Harvard, Garrett bowled well, his wickets costing a little over five runs apiece; Sullivan did good work at point, one of the catches he secured being a left hander and close to the ground. It may be worth noticing that Julius Caesar was one of the Lawrence eleven. The score is as follows...
...base ball championship season opened on Saturday rather inauspiciously for Harvard. While the result of the game at Princeton was not unanticipated, the work of the nine was in many respects disappointing. It was not expected that the team would play with confidence nor was it expected that there would be such an exhibition of loose fielding, weak batting, and lack of team play. But before condemning all this it should be remembered that the conditious under which the game was played were all against Harvard. The loose work in the field and weakness at the bat can be attributed...
HARVARD LOSES HER FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.Princeton won the first championship game of the season at Princeton on Saturday, easily defeating Harvard by a score of eleven to two. The day was perfect for base ball; and a large delegation of Princeton supporters came from New York to witness the game. Only about six Harvard men accompanied the team from Cambridge, and the work of the nine was a disappointment. The men played under rather poor luck to be sure, but many of their errors were inexcusable, The infielders seemed bothered considerably, especially on sharp ground hits, by the dirt diamond...
Harvard showed lack of team play throughout. Princeton went into the game confident throughout...