Word: nassaus
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Dates: during 1887-1887
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...would not suffer as much as if he accepted a professional offer, and gracefully consented to the change. Stagg and Dann, without doubt, form one of the strongest amateur batteries that ever appeared on the diamond, and by securing the former Bergen Point, having won a game from the Nassaus, has an almost sure thing in the race for the amateur championship.-Globe...
Yale men were very confident, and willing to offer odds on their nine. It had beaten the Princeton nine, which called itself "the Nassau Club," 30 to 23, and the Lowells, Harvard's old antagonists. Harvard had a try at these same "Nassaus," and came off first best by the narrow margin of one run (17 to 16). "The visitors seemed younger and lighter than the Harvard nine, . . but were decidedly active and spry," says the Advocate. Harvard's play was good and steady throughout in a "tremendously exciting game," won by a lucky hit in the last inning...