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Yesterday was celebrated with great pomp and general rejoicing the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the city of New Haven. The governor, members of the State Legislature, and other civic dignitaries thronged the streets during the day. Nearly every male inhabitant who has the use of his legs took part in the procession so that the line was hours in passing. Laborers of all descriptions were given a holiday, and in honor of the occasion all Yale men were released from their duties. The old citizens were in great requisition to recount the memories of their earlier days...
Yale plays Amherst today at New Haven, and Trinity plays Columbia at Hartford...
...Globe of yesterday morning there appeared the usual predictions as to the winner of the Mott Haven cup. In the estimation of the writer of that article Harvard is sure to win, while Yale has no chance at all. Now we have sufficient faith in the officers of the H. A. A. to know that they are not likely to be taken in by such reports, but nevertheless a word of warning will not be amiss. We all know the old cry which goes up every year to the effect that the Yale crew or the Yale nine...
Yale plays Wilkes-Barre today at New Haven, and Amherst plays the Worcester team at Worcester...
...training for the Mott Haven team were greatly annoyed yesterday afternoon by the action of some persons crossing the track on Holmes Field on the way to the base-ball ground. A steady stream of people kept pouring over the track when the various races were in progress, and many obliging individuals stolidly insisted on passing over directly in front of the runners, without changing their slow pace or seeming in any way affected by what was going on. During the bicycle race especially many individuals appeared utterly regardless of the feelings of the riders, and Mr. Lathrop was often...