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...following article appeared in yesterday's New York Star...
...new edition of Jane Austen's works, 5 volumes...
...have received the following communication which attempts an explanation of the action of the freshman nine at New Haven. We publish it for the facts about the management and because it may in a measure explain the action of the freshman pitcher who was most severely censured in yesterday's CRIMSON...
...conduct of the freshman nine at New Haven calls for the severest censure. To say that it was disgraceful is too mild a term. It was foolish and utterly unwarranted by the state of the case. After it had been decided that the game had to be played then or not at all, the Harvard men were bound honor to do their best. The weather was no worse for them than for the Yale men, who in spite of the rain seem to have made a creditable showing...
There could not have been a worse day than Saturday for the game at New Haven. It rained most of the morning and the grounds were in hourrible condition. The game was to be called at three o'clock and for half an hour afterwards the rain poured down in torrents. At 3.30 it was decided to play the game in spite of everything, and so after some preliminary practice, play began at ten minutes of four. It was impossible for the Harvard players to stay until Monday or the game would surely have been postponed, as the weather prevented...