Word: hurd
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...most interesting books on athletics that has appeared for some time is the "History of Yale Athletics from 1840-1888," by Richard M. Hurd, Yale '88. The book gives a complete account of every contest in rowing, foot-ball, base-ball, track athletics and tennis which Yale has had with other colleges, and is a decided credit to the author. As a general thing, books on athletics contain a confusing tangle of dates, names, anecdotes and statistics; but Mr. Hurd has separated everything in such a systematic manner as make the book particularly attractive to the reader. The accounts...
...book entitled "A History of Yale Athletics," by R. N. Hurd, '88, has made its appearance and met with a most favorable reception. It consists of some 150 pages and is divided into five parts under the heads of Rowing Foot Ball, Base-Ball, Track Athletics., and Tennis. The tables give every intercollegiate game, practice and championship, winners of championships since the formation of associations, comparative scores of Yale and her opponents, the Yale foot-ball and base-ball teams since they were formed and the freshman contests with Harvard and other freshmen...
...History of Yale Athletics," by R. H. Hurd, was published on Saturday...
...there are two in practice. Dalzell is pitching to McBride, and Hedges is catching Isham, '90 Sheff. Several men have recently been dropped and those who are in training at present are as follows: From '91; Barnes, Childs, Crawford, Cushing, Dunnell, Forsyth, Graves, C. Hall, Harvey, Hedges, F. Huntington, Hurd, Knox, W. McClintock, Morehead, Thurber, Treadwell, Twombley, Walcott, Wright, and Young; from '90 Sheff: Cheney, Griggs, Roby, Isham, and Spruce. There are besides, Dalzell, Poole, N. McClintock, McBride, and Dickerman, who are practising with the 'varsity nine. These men have all had a great deal of experience, and the nine...
Cupples and Hurd will issue next Saturday, Matthew Arnold's first and last impressions of America, consisting of his celebrated "A Word about America," "A Few More Words," and his very recent article, "Civilization in the United States...