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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Boston Museum.- "The Good Mr. Best...
...mile bicycle race was won by Harbeck in the morning on the Charles River Park track. It was a very slow race, with a close finish, showing good headwork for the Harvard riders...
Lehigh won their game through superior team play. Harvard's stick work and sprinting was fair but there was a noticeable lack of team work. The defense put up a good game, Sands blocking several shots at goal. Woods and Captain Burley also played well. Harvard's one goal was made by Burley on a pass from Ring. The score was five to one in Lehigh's favor...
...explained in this column, the Harvard team was deprived of the services of one of its best runners in maintaining the discipline of the team. With regard to this latter circumstance it might be well to emphasize how responsible each individual member of the team is for his own good condition: if the athlete in question had been in a position to run he would almost surely have won points, and would thus have given the games to Harvard without the decision of the protest. This same protest and consequent disqualification of one of Pennsylvania's men in the half...
...crews did credit to their coaches and the race as a whole showed that the men had made good progress toward acvuiring the English stroke. They also held well together in spite of their inexperience...