Word: haveners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have received the following communication which attempts an explanation of the action of the freshman nine at New Haven. We publish it for the facts about the management and because it may in a measure explain the action of the freshman pitcher who was most severely censured in yesterday's CRIMSON...
...cannot understand such a state of affairs. Surely Ninety-two has not made an enviable record, has not given the college reason to be proud of it in any respect save in its football victory last fall! After the detestable action of its nine at New Haven, comes the announcement that the class will not support the crew. We are accustomed to regard the freshman class as one to recruit the ranks of our 'varsity teams, to fill places of importance in after college years, to keep up Harvard's reputation. But of what use is a class that...
Under these conditions the game was commenced, merely to satisfy the Yale men, and also to get the $100 guarantee from Yale which was necessary to pay the expenses of the nine home, as the freshman manager arrived in New Haven with only a few dollars in his pockets. Under these circumstances and under other pressure Capt. Brown concluded to play the game. Yale took their outs and had control of the ball while it was dry, and therefore Harvard was quickly disposed of. But when Wood received the ball it was almost impossible to control it. When Captain Brown...
...conduct of the freshman nine at New Haven calls for the severest censure. To say that it was disgraceful is too mild a term. It was foolish and utterly unwarranted by the state of the case. After it had been decided that the game had to be played then or not at all, the Harvard men were bound honor to do their best. The weather was no worse for them than for the Yale men, who in spite of the rain seem to have made a creditable showing...
There could not have been a worse day than Saturday for the game at New Haven. It rained most of the morning and the grounds were in hourrible condition. The game was to be called at three o'clock and for half an hour afterwards the rain poured down in torrents. At 3.30 it was decided to play the game in spite of everything, and so after some preliminary practice, play began at ten minutes of four. It was impossible for the Harvard players to stay until Monday or the game would surely have been postponed, as the weather prevented...