Word: nines
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...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...
...cannot understand such a state of affairs. Surely Ninety-two has not made an enviable record, has not given the college reason to be proud of it in any respect save in its football victory last fall! After the detestable action of its nine at New Haven, comes the announcement that the class will not support the crew. We are accustomed to regard the freshman class as one to recruit the ranks of our 'varsity teams, to fill places of importance in after college years, to keep up Harvard's reputation. But of what use is a class that...
Under these conditions the game was commenced, merely to satisfy the Yale men, and also to get the $100 guarantee from Yale which was necessary to pay the expenses of the nine home, as the freshman manager arrived in New Haven with only a few dollars in his pockets. Under these circumstances and under other pressure Capt. Brown concluded to play the game. Yale took their outs and had control of the ball while it was dry, and therefore Harvard was quickly disposed of. But when Wood received the ball it was almost impossible to control it. When Captain Brown...
Great censure, I think is due to the manager of the freshman nine, who went to New Haven with so little money that he was dependent upon a Yale graduate to get his men back to Cambridge. During the few innings that were played one Harvard player was taken with the chills and was obliged to be driven immediately to the hotel...
...addition to this we have a statement, which we are not allowed to publish. signed by Captain Brown of the Harvard freshman nine, saying that Wood acted solely under his orders...