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...captain of the freshman nine has received a letter from the manager of the Amherst freshman team, challenging Harvard to play two games during the spring-one at Cambridge and one at Amherst. If satisfactory financial arrangements can be made it is probable that the challenge will be accepted for one if not for both games. A definite reply cannot be sent to Amherst yet, however. No challenge has yet been received from the Yale freshmen, and it is thought best not to arrange any other games to take place late in the spring, until the date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Challenge of Amherst Freshmen. | 2/20/1889 | See Source »

Base-ball is also being watched, and at present there are fourteen candidates for positions on the team. King, '89, will captain the nine and pitch, but the make-up of rest of the team is very uncertain. Ames, '90, however, is almost sure to play second base and change pitcher. The following is the list of other candidates: Brownlee, '89, Brokaw, '92, Brown, '92, Dana, '91, Lilly, '92, Mowry, '91, Watts, '91, Hanson, '92, Durell, '89, Payne, '91, Knickerbocker, '91, McMillan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletics at Princeton. | 2/20/1889 | See Source »

...management has scheduled only one practice game. However, a number of teams have signified their desire to play, and games will undoubtedly be arranged in the near future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lacrosse Team. | 2/19/1889 | See Source »

Only thirteen men made their appearance at the Chess and Whist Club rooms last evening, to begin the whist tournament, but out of these fortunately three tables were formed. Play was begun at once, and in about an hour and a half the matches were finished all within a few minutes of one another. In section B, Rogers and De Normandie beat Everett and Burlingham, three games to two. In section A, Brown and Davis beat R. C. Harrison and P. J. Harrison three to two, and Hale and Stetson beat Baker and Denny three to one. Brown and Davis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whist Tournament. | 2/19/1889 | See Source »

...Denny. Section B.- 7, F. S. Rogers and P. Y. DeNormandie; 8, 0. Everett and F. W. Burlingham; 9, P. K. Brown and E. A. Darling; 10, B. H. Dickson and L. W. Chamberlin, 11, K. Brown and W. W. Mulford. This evening number one will first play against number two, number three against number four, and so forth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whist Tournament. | 2/18/1889 | See Source »

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