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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Park Theatre-A Parlor Match...
...Shooting club won its second victory over Yale at Springfield on Saturday in a closely contested match. The conditions of the match were fifteen bluerocks and fifteen clay pigeons for each man. As no bluerocks could be obtained it was found necessary to substitute keystone birds. The strange birds and, the high wind which was blowing during the first part of the match materially affected the shooting at the beginning...
...match was shot in six rounds, three at each kind of birds. Yale won the choice of birds first and chose the keystones. In the first round Yale secured a lead of one bird and kept it until the third round when Harvard rallied and gained six birds over her opponents. The third round closed the first half with Harvard five birds in the lead. The second half was more spirited and both teams did much better shooting. Yale tried hard to overcome Harvard's lead but without success. The first round was a tie. A gain of two birds...
...shooting match between Yale and Harvard will take place this morning on the grounds of the Springfield Gun club. Following are the teams: Yale-Sage (captain), Pike, Locke, Burrell, and Farwell or Gaston. Harvard-Quinlan (captain), Luce, Post, Bacon and Dodge...
...MATCH B (prize winners barred...