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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...South End grounds. The weather was too cold to permit a good game in the field. At the bat Harvard did better than in the other games of the trip. Two runs were scored in the fifth inning by Harvard; Linn was given a base on balls, Howland hit safely and Willard sent them both home by his hard drive for three bases. Harvard scored again in the sixth inning on a single and errors, and in the eighth secured another run in the same manner. The Bostons scored about as they pleased. The score is as follows...
...next day the game was with the Athletics of the American Association. The fielding of Harvard in this game was excellent, but the professionals hit McLeod's delivery hard, earning all of their seventeen runs. Harvard could do nothing with Smith,s pitching and falled to score. The score was as follows...
...with cautious sparring. Curtis landed his left on Clarke's face. Clarke led, but fell short; Curtis landed again, and the round closed slightly in his favor. In the second round Clarke succeeded in getting in his left, evening things up a little. The round closed with a clean hit for Curtis. The third round was decidedly hotter than the preceding ones. Curtis continued to land his left at intervals, and the end of the round saw some close work Mr. Curtis had shown superior science, Dr. Appleton declared him the winner...
...Moses," and "Fair Harvard," by the Glee Club; while the Banjo Club gave "March Past," "Darkie's Dream" and "Marriage Bells." Mr. Hackett sang "The Two Grenadiers" in a very creditable style and was heartily applauded. The other soloists, Messrs. Bradlee, Fullerton and Lockwood, were also well received. The hit of the evening was made by the Banjo Club, the audience demanding encores to each selection. This is the first concert since the Western trip in which the two clubs have taken part together...
...February number a sketch of Bokhara. It is a story of the reform of the affairs of the Persian kingdom by the Emir, who was called the "Father of the Wise." To turn the thoughts of his people from sordidness to the knowledge of higher things, the Emir hit upon the "Sand Plain of Bokhara." a City of Truth to the dwelling-place of sages from every nation. In this way was inaugurated the celebrated school of Bokhara...