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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...only the most brilliant plays on the part of both nines at critical points prolonged the game to its thirteenth inning. The Yale men showed the result of their course of severe training, for they played throughout with great steadiness. Harvard was handicapped by the lameness of Willard, who got but two bases on a three base hit in the eleventh inning...
...Haven students to be beaten in the last Harvard game. They had really felt quite sure of a victory, but Stagg had an off day, and the red-jerseyed men pounded his delivery badly. He is in prime condition now, and has sworn vengeance for the drubbing his pitching got before. No one here doubts his ability to outwit his opponents if he is in good condition. He has done it so often before that the faith in him is unbounded. There is little chance that Yale will lose the championship this year...
After supper and as soon as the shells could be got into order, the University started out for a short row, and as they left the float the Columbia University crew passed down the river on the other side evidently taking a time row. The crew went off easily, rowing slow and long. A few minutes later the Freshmen followed in their boat and felt the water of the Thames for the first time. It was just at sunset and the wind had died down, so that the water was in excellent condition...
Clark and Quinby made a long stand and 48 runs were up when the latter got out; but the rest of the eleven soon fell victims to the bowling of Captain Brown and Barney. The fielding of the Freshmen was steady but not brilliant...
Harvard's batting was very heavy, but unfortunate. In the sixth inning five hits for a total of seven were made and only one run was scored. Bingham's pitching was very effective. What hits Brown got were badly scattered. Harvard's errors, however, allowed the runs to pile...