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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...good as new...
Railroad fare from Boston to Fabyan's and return, $7.00; membership to American Institute, $1.00; hotel fares per day, gentlemen, $2.50; ladies, $1.50; four days, $6.00 or $10.00. Total, $14.00 or $18 00, plus excursions. Fare from New York to White Mountains and return, including membership ticket...
...Freshman Nine visited New Haven last Saturday, where they were defeated by the Yale Freshmen by a score of 8 to 1. The game at first promised to be a close one, but by the end of the fifth inning the success of Yale was assured. The Harvard Nine found it impossible to bat Lamb's pitching, which was remarkably fine, while the Yale men batted Cruger with comparative ease. Had our pitcher been in the good condition in which we have seen him, their base-hit column would not have amounted to so much, we can safely...
Umpire: Mr. Horton of New Haven...
THAT was the score at New Haven last Saturday. What does this show? It clearly shows that our Freshmen are at present a weak batting, but a good fielding nine. The Yale pitcher is a good one, but even those hits that were not base hits were not, as a rule, good square ones. Evidently there must be more attention paid to batting; there is good material in the Nine, and if they practise more at the bat, they can be a strong batting as well as a strong fielding nine. They must by no means neglect fielding practice...