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...halves of three quarters of an hour apiece, while yesterday each half only lasted thirty minutes, the score compared very favorably with that of the Princetonians, yet it must be said some of the playing done by Harvard was wretched. The eleven cannot be too severely criticised for their lax and faulty play in the first half, when two splendid chances were offered for touchdowns, but were lost through careless fumbling. Then again the half-backs showed too great a desire for kicking the ball over the line instead of rushing it. The tackling was too high, a fault which...
...once withdraw from it. It is a disgrace to the crimson that it is worn by men who care so little to maintain its reputation. The college will lend an enthusiastic support to any team which is determined to win, but it will in no sense tolerate lax and aimless work...
...caution students in the college buildings against leaving their doors unlatched, or leaving anything of value outside their doors. As a natural result of the condition of the turf in the yard and of the severity of the weather and of rather lax efforts on the part of the yard authorities, that most objectionable element of Cambridge society, an element the thought of which means quite as much as the name, has besieged the college dormitories. And here for its labors this objectionable element finds opportunities for the grossest kind of misbehavior, and accepts them most assiduously. What...
...rain. The battery work of Harvard was magnificent, Nichols only having one wild pitch, while Allen was not credited with a single passed balls. Willard's batting was terrific, while his fielding was perfect. The main points of crificism against the home team were the careless base running, and lax coaching. For Princeton, Clark led at the bat, and Toler and Shaw excelled in fielding. The features of the game were the stop and throw by Edgerly in the third, Allen's foul catch in the sixth, Willard's batting, and the double play by Shaw and Toler...
...poor condition at this season of the year. was put into fair shape for running, and the athletes were not bothered quite as much by that as formerly. But although the track was in a better condition than last year, the general management of the games was very lax, some of the officials being so incompetent or prejudiced that Harvard suffered the loss of at least two events...