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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...respectable nine is to be placed in the field this year. The system of training which is at present being carried out is only initiative of the work which is to be commenced immediately after the mid-years. At present the men are put through a series of hand dumb-bell exercises and are made to run at a fast pace short distances on the running track in the gymnasium. The most important part of their work is done in the cage. Here much attention is paid to sliding bases and batting, particularly to instill confidence into the men while...
...prize will be given to the class winning the greatest number of events in the three meetings, and also prizes for general excellence in the following events: Parallel bars, flying-rings, horizontal bar, running high jump, two-hand fence vault and tumbling...
From present indications there will be a hard struggle this season at the inter-collegiate games. Harvard feels very sore over having lost the Mott Haven cup to Yale in addition to all the other championships and will spare no efforts to regain it. Yale on the other hand will struggle hard before allowing it to go to Harvard, for in this as in all other contests, the struggle for the championship narrows down to Yale and Harvard...
...these men are strong runners at that distance and the winner will have to make good time. Dana, of Harvard, is also a good man for the half mile. Harmar, Yale, '90, will not have much difficulty in winning the mile run, and, perhaps, also he may take a hand in the half-mile. If he does, that race may fall to Yale also. Gilford, Lane and Phelps, of Columbia, are also fast men for the mile run. In the mile walk Yale has had no worthy representative for a number of years, Meredith, '85, S., being the last...
...candidates for the 'Varsity nine are engaged in sliding bases, throwing and catching, and playing hand-ball in the cage. The candidates for the freshman nine are doing the same under the direction of Capt. Bates. The candidater for both teams have been somewhat irregular in their attendance owing to the examinations, but their number is increasing. Owing to the examinations the candidates for the lacrosse team have stopped regular work, but on Monday next both the 'Varsity and freshman teams expect to return to their regular work...