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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...most desirable change has been made in the selling of tickets for the Yale game by permitting one person to buy not more than ten. There has been much dissatisfaction and inconvenience caused by the purchase of large blocks by the first buyers, sometimes for friends but more often for speculation. Persons who have delayed getting tickets have often been compelled to pay large premiums to get any seats at all. It is probably impossible to abolish wholly this evil of speculation, but by the new rule it will be reduced to a minimum. The effort to make the chances...
...Loan Library of text-books. Almost everybody has a shelf full of old text-books of which he would be glad to make any disposition that might be useful to some one; and we understand that text-books of any sort are most earnestly desired. It is not too much to ask that every student, in leaving his room for the vacation, should consider whether he has not some piece of furniture and some books which he can contribute to this very worthy purpose...
...freedom Among his hits was a drive out of the ground straight over the bowler's head. Carpenter, who was unfortunately run out, J. P. Lee, and Crowninshield, all played well for their runs. The Athletic Association started their second innings, but the light was very bad, and nothing much was done. This game closes the spring season of the club. The eleven has played altogether, nine matches, winning three, and losing six. The score...
...university played a game on Holmes yesterday afternoon with a team made up with two exceptions of men who played on the university team in 1885. The '85 men were so out of practice that the game did not help the regular team as much as it was expected it would. They will, however, be able to give a valuable criticism of the nine. The Eighty-five men appeared astonished at their poor game. The university team played listlessly. McLeod pitched, and, except for his slowness, did fairly well. The outfield had two chances which Linn accepted...
...valuable aid. Although on account of lack of practice, the '85 team was easily beaten, the listless playing of the 'varsity was very noticeable, and was commented on by the graduate team, If the nine expects to win even one of the three games with Yale, it must do much better work than was done yesterday...