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Saturday was a perfect day for a foot ball match, the weather being warm for this season of the year, consequently a large crowd was in attendance at the Princeton-Harvard game on Jarvis, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The ball was kicked off by Princeton at 3.31 P. M. Harvard had won the toss and choose the west end of the field with the sun in their backs. The Princeton men passed the ball instead of kicking, and made a rush which was soon stopped and the ball lost by a bad pass. Harvard in turn gained considerable...
Today is to be a prominent one in the athletic calendar, and one in which Harvard is particularly interested. The Mott Haven games, the Princeton-Harvard base-ball game, and the Yale-Harvard lacrosse match, all come this afternoon. The first two occur so far away from Cambridge that few besides the teams will be able to witness them. The lacrosse match with Yale occurs in Cambridge, and should be well attended, for upon the outcome of this game the chances of Harvard for the championship depend. If the game is lost, Harvard will lose all chance...
...success. Although the last game with Yale was certainly a bad defeat, many causes contributed to this end which have since then been happily overcome. The base running, although by no means perfect, has improved greatly, as has also the fielding and batting. With the remembrance of the Princeton-Harvard game fresh in our minds, we can look forward with confidence to a sharper and more successful play on the part of the crimson in the first championship game with Yale than was shown in the first exhibition game with the same club...
...EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : The Yale News entirely misunderstands Harvard's position on the subject of playing with professional ball nines. It says editorially : "The discussion of the whole question of college athletics, which the action of Princeton-Harvard has raised, has proved too clearly the fatuity of any regulations which tend to suppress them to permit such regulations to be long in operation." It is not a fact that the Harvard or Princeton faculties have endeavored to suppress athletics at their respective colleges. What they did try to do was to endeavor to draw a line between gentlemen who play...
There is a movement on foot to obtain special rates between Princeton and Boston on the day of the Princeton-Harvard match. Whether they are secured or not, there will certainly be a large attendance of Jerseyites on Holmes field...