Word: princetonians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While the athletic breach between Harvard and Princeton remains officially as wide as ever, the Crimson and the Princetonian will tomorrow morning take another step toward unofficially spanning the gap. Tomorrow the journalistic nines of the two colleges will meet in their second annual diamond clash. The equipment of the rival teams will probably be more colorful than useful, catchers will catch without masks, base runners will worry little about hit and run or squeeze plays, and few people will probably bother to remember the score. Whatever the outcome, however--whether the game last four or fourteen innings--the occasion...
...report of the first Princetonian workout for Saturday's game with the CRIMSON was received at a late hour last night. Judging from the meager laconic statements of the dispatch, optimism reigns high in the Tiger camp. The CRIMSON squad has made its already rigorous training program more intensive than ever, for reports from scouts in Nassau have told of the power and aggressiveness of the Princetonian outfit...
...telegram from the Princetonian follows...
Princeton, N. J. May 8. Princetonian held first practice today. President's daughter threw out first ball. Butch Burnham runs bases for Captain Stevens who has not yet recovered from weekend and refuses to throw in farther than second from center field. Burnham elected pitcher by rising vote. Team will draw lots for batting order tonight. Team finished practice stiff but happy. Soft ball will be in good shape for Saturday Insignia box car couchant on field of buckwheat in hoe signo vincet...
...base, Nicholas: short stop, Keeu; third base, Lee: right field, Who Stole the People's Money Rockenberg; center field, Captain Tough Customer Stevens; left field, Cy and I Confess Sloane: Substitutes, Graves, Boston, Bean, Broad, Parsons: water boy and bad boy mascot, chairman of the Tiger, Price Day. Daily Princetonian...