Word: harvarditis
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...YALE vs. HARVARD, New Haven...
...party of friends, - some going to inspirit their champions, others in the more mercenary expectation of "getting on" bets. The latter class were sadly disappointed; a long line of defeats has implanted in the Yalensian mind a deep conviction of the impropriety-nay, the immorality-of betting, especially against Harvard. Two and three to one was the current rate of investment...
...first inning Harvard made three runs, to one for Yale; in the second we again scored three, and Yale retired for nothing; but in the third, Nevins having been substituted for A very in the pitcher's position, we experienced a similar fate, Yale getting two. The Nine soon became accustomed to Nevin's eccentric underhand throws, and punished him for two, five, and two, in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings, while New Haven only obtained a two and a one in the fifth and sixth. At this point the score showed fifteen runs in our favor against...
...HARVARD. YALE...
...Harvard...