Word: one
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Standing at the confluence of the poetic streams of the past and the future, surrounded by these memorials of others' greatness, one involuntarily reverts to the actions of one's own life to see what has been done that renders one worthy to be handed down to posterity. My deeds of valor, displayed on many a gory field when our country was in peril, are recorded in the sacred pages of history; in peace unable to divest myself of the military habits formed by four years of arduous service, I continued to follow the occupation for which I was best...
...only was the last contest with Yale noteworthy as being one of the most splendid of our victories, but also because in it Tyng, Ernst, and Wright played for the last time with Harvard. The departure of three such men, whose reputation on the ball-field will long be kept alive by succeeding classes, is an event of no small interest to the University...
...Inning. A noticeable change in Ernst's pitching takes place, and the Yale strikers are put out in one-two-three order; but Lamb retaliates, and Harvard has the same luck. 0 runs for either side...
...Inning. It begins to look gloomy for Harvard, as Hopkins, the first man at the bat, earns his base; but he gets no farther, for Ernst, by magnificent pitching, despatches the next men in one-two-three style...
...Inning. The supporters of the blue call loudly upon their men; result, not one reaches first. But Harvard accomplishes nothing, and the score still remains unchanged...