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...regular monthly meeting of the Exeter club was held last evening in the Delta Upsilon society on Brattle street. A short business meeting was held at which it was decided to postpone the dinner of the club until next autumn. After the business part of the meeting, Professor George A. Wentworth of Exeter, who was the guest of the evening, gave an informal talk, urging especially a co-operation on the part of them-the alumni-with the efforts of the faculty and trustees. Mr. Kittredge and Mr. Sawin were also called upon, and were received enthusiastically...
...excellent. Worcester was able to get only three one-base hits, and only three men got first base on called balls. Henshaw backed him up well. Dean on second did good work making five assists and one put out; his batting was not up to his average. The worst part of Harvard's playing was the base running. In this Worcester was far ahead, as is shown by the fact that eight Harvard and only two Worcester men got out on bases. One of the most brilliant plays was made by Mumford in the fourth inning, when he stopped...
Princeton defeated Yale yesterday afternoon by a score of 14 to 11. The game was most exciting throughout. Thefielding of both teams was poor and the contest became a battle of pitchers and batsmen. In the first part of the game Stagg showed himself to be a superior pitcher to Ames, but the loose fielding of the Yale men seemed to discourage Stagg, and during the latter part of the game his pitching was much less effective The features of the game were the heavy batting of McClintock, Calhoun and Payne. Noyes, Yale's captain, did not seem to play...
...batting, and lack of team play. But before condemning all this it should be remembered that the conditious under which the game was played were all against Harvard. The loose work in the field and weakness at the bat can be attributed to the very natural nervousness on the part of an untried team, overconscious of its own weakness. We see no reason for serious discouragement on account of the loss of the first Princeton game; on the contrary the renewea incentive to hard work which the loss furnishes together with the experience gained from the game, ought to result...
Owing to a mistake on my part, the posters announce that the 'Varsity Meeting on May 7th is to be handicap. This is a mistake, All the events at that meeting are scratch...