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Dates: during 1873-1873
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We hope to see among professional clubs, as a result of Saturday's game, a return of that wholesome respect for the Harvard Nine which experience taught, but which seems to have degenerated into a patronizing feeling of superiority. This is not only Harvard's first victory over the "Reds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE BALL. | 11/7/1873 | See Source »

"Marking down" sets of books from a very high to what is termed a low figure is a popular way of drawing in those who do not see that the man of straw was set up simply for the purpose of knocking him over again.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOKS AND BOOKSELLERS. | 11/7/1873 | See Source »

THE nice little boating row at Yale is all over, and the Skull and Bones still exists.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 11/7/1873 | See Source »

THE Springfield course has been thoroughly tried, and has turned out so bad that all are agreed that we must select a new racing-ground. At Springfield the finish is five miles in a direct line from the city and about seven by the road, and the railroad and hotel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REGATTA COURSE. | 11/7/1873 | See Source »

Every robbery and defalcation, from that of the clerk who took the money from the letters in the Post-Office to the more recent case of the Albany cashier, was committed for the selfish purpose of living better. The former bought a house for his parents; the others took what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECENT EVENTS. | 10/24/1873 | See Source »

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