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...reports which have appeared in several of the papers in regard to the injuries of Jesse Dann, '88, S, Yale's great catcher, are partly true. He is suffering from a double curvature of the spine, and although not confined to his bed, can only take moderate exercise, and will be obliged to wear a heavy leather jacket for a year, at the end of which time his physicians hope he will have entirely recovered. He has been obliged to give up ball playing entirely...
...varsity nine met yesterday for the second time this year, a picked nine composed of Cambridge professionals. The 'varsity showed great improvement since their last game with this nine, but there were, nevertheless, several weak points. The fielding was generally good. Willard was hardly up to his s andard on first, but at short Dean played a magnificent game, taking ten chances without an error. The base running was very poor. Only eight innings were played. Hawley pitched a very fair game, and the opposing team made but few hits off him. Appended is the score...
...effect of the spring trip of the nine has been to show that if Harvard is to put a victorious team in the field in the coming championship games a great deal of hard work must be done. The work of the nine agains professionals was, to say the least, discouraging, although, when we take into consideration all the disadvantages under which the nine played, not so unsatisfactory as many seem to think. The infield is very weak and the team as a whole bat very poorly, The great advantage of these professional games is to bring out the weak...
...Detroit. The Harvard graduates in that city are fewer than the graduates of other colleges, and it was only last year that any organization among them was attempted, when the Detroit club was formed. The first dinner of this club was held recently and was the occasion of great enthusiasm...
These graduate Harvard clubs are capable of doing great work for Harvard in their respective cities, and the success of the club in so large a city as Detroit, where Harvard and Harvard methods are not well known, is a matter of congratulation...