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Several graduates to whom these facts have been mentioned are much interested in reviving the old cup and have subscribed toward a piece of plate on which are to be engraved the names of all the winning crews (as winners of the Beacon Cup) from 1874 to 1897. The plate is an octagonal platter, large enough to hold all the names of the winning crews in the past and still leave room for the winners for twenty years to come. In the centre of the plate will be the following inscription...
WINNERS OF THE BEACON CUP SPRING CLASS RACES. HARVARD COLLEGE.In all there will be some three thousand letters engraved upon the plate...
...fielding of the team was much improved, only one error being made-by Scannell on a throw to the plate. Dean showed up well, accepting all his five chances. The rest of the team had little to do. The batting was fair, six hits being made in three innings, two of them by Haughton, who lined out a pretty double to left field. Paine did not pitch especially well, striking out only three men, giving two bases on balls and allowing three hits. He made a timely hit, however, over second base, sending Stevenson...
Amherst scored both runs in the third inning. Foster struck out, Johnston got a scratch hit over first base, and went to second on Kellogg's being given a base on balls. Sullivan hit safely to Rand, who threw home, endeavoring unsuccessfully to cut Johnston off at the plate. Scannell muffed the ball and Kellogg also came in. The score follows...
...sixth St. Mark's gained a lead of one run. The seventh inning opened for Harvard with a single by Galbraith. Foster got a base on balls, Vincent was hit with a pitched ball, and Holt's base on balls started the scoring by forcing Galbraith over the plate. After this, hits and bases on balls followed rapidly until the Harvard team had piled up eleven runs. For the rest of the game they had things all their own way. St. Mark's made only one more run during the game...