Word: prospects
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...prize winner at the intercollegiate games and this year Yale expected him to win the pole vault and the broad jump. With Sherrill in the dashes and Elcock in the hammer and shot contests, Yale was thought to have a good chance for five firsts. Now, however, the prospect is not so bright, as Carey of Princeton will prove a formidable opponent in the dashes, and as Janeway of Princeton has recently beaten Elcock at the weights...
...last year's boat. Brewster, '91, who will row, is a well-known oarsman and will be one of the strongest men in the boat. Hartwell and Gill refuse to row this year, and although they are being urged on all sides to change their minds, there is no prospect of their doing so. By their refusal only three old men will be left in the boat, and Captain Allen has the task of selecting an entirely new crew. Harrison, '90, Simms, '90, and Swayne, '92, are candidates for bow oar. Newell, '90, who was a substitute on the last...
...allowed to manage their athletics to suit themselves, thus giving them an enthusiasm which goes far toward insuring victory, at Harvard with the brilliant athletic record she hied until within the last few years, the men should be hampered whichever way they turn, with the ultimate prospect of being obliged to withdraw from athletics altogether...
...furnaces have been placed in the ball cage at Dartmouth, and it is all ready for use. Arthur Irwin of the Boston brotherhood Heam, who will train the nine is expected early next week and the men will begin active work at once. The prospect for a championship nine is not very good...
...Gunning, '93, DeWitt, '93, and Mullin, '93. Of these men, Brokaw has caught, Young pitched, and Dana, Knickerbocker, Watts, Durell, and Payne played on the nine before. Although the number of new men is large, since Osburn has left college and Ames is not likely to pitch, the prospect is not very bright, but it is thought that good hard work during the winter and spring will replace all losses. Charles Reilly, who played third base on the Columbus nine last summer, will coach the men in batting and base running throughout the winter...