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COMMITTEE.H. U. F. B. A.- Owing to an unfortunate printer's mishap the cut for the reserved seats tickets for the Princeton game was spoiled. The tickets will be on sale this morning however, and can be had at Leavitt and Peirce...
...almost to the Pierian goal-posts, and before the Pierians knew what was going on Lund had made a touchdown. There was no goal kicked from this touchdown, as the ball by some mistake was kicked toward the side of the field instead of towards the goal-posts. This mishap, however, turned out favorably for the Glee Club as they got the ball and Merrill scored another touchdown from which no goal was kicked. The Pierian now started in to play, and the quarterback made some frantic efforts to run but without success. A timely kick carried the ball well...
...Taylor endeavored, against the advice of a doctor to keep on playing in the tennis tournament after his mishap, but found it impossible to hold his racquet...
...Reed's next statement is that the Polo Grounds' track is wide enough to start two rows of riders without mishap. Though last year a fall occurred from bad starting, yet the danger is more in the number of riders at one time on the track than the number starting. Besides the starters rarely know their business and dangerous falls are sure to occur if the number of starters is large. Mr. Reed mentions that there is a rule which provides that the race be started again if the starters fall within 10 yards of the start. This rule...
Last year the bicycle race at the inter-collegiate meeting was a miserable failure. The men were started in two rows and by some mishap every man fell except two; two more managed to mount, and the race was finally won by one of those who had fallen, in very slow time. Such a fiasco must not happen next year, yet there will be a greater number of starters than this year, and the only way to run a two mile race will be in two or more heats, and a final heat. But a race run in heats...