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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...intercollegiate constitution provides that the champion athletic events shall occur the last Saturday in May. This year such a provision makes the date May 25, whereas the first Saturday in June comes upon the first of the month. It has been the custom for Yale and Harvard to hold their dual contest before all the colleges meet; such an arrangement followed out this year would bring them together upon the track...
...consequence of this tendency to bring the games at a comparatively early date, it is said that Yale would be glad to vote for a change of the constitution so as to make the Mott Haven games occur on the first Saturday in June. The Yale management have not said officially that they would move such a change, but it is understood that they think it would be advantageous to all the colleges...
...first appearance of Miss Marie Burroughs as a star will occur in Boston at the Columbia Theatre, December 3, and on that occasion she will present "The Profligate," by A. W. Pinero. Miss Burroughs is one of the favorites among all the artistes who visit this city. "The Profligate," which she has selected for her opening, is said to be one of the most powerful dramas, and is a marvel of superb diction, trenchant English and dramatic surprises without number. "The Profligate" has been recently produced, and wherever seen has met with the greatest approbation. The company surrounding her will...
...with all the old players back, and several new men of promise, among them Mills, DeWitt, Jerrems, Louis Hinkey, Brown, and Chadwick. But within a few weeks the team played wretchedly slow and listless football. The veterans were the poorest. At the same time came the accidents that always occur during the middle of the season. Butterworth, Beard, Adee, and several of the new candidates developed physical troubles, rather more being in the nature of sickness, than sprains or bruises. This state of affairs grew worse until at least half the old players were considered unfit to play...
...will be limited to five minutes, in the second to ten; the judges on the second night will be the six who originally served in the two sections, with a seventh selected for the occasion. The date for the preliminary trial is Friday, Dec. 7; the final debate will occur a few days later...