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...score. Platt then got his base on balls, stole second, got third on a passed ball, and in on an error by Baker, who let pass him a hot grounder knocked by Hopkins. The score now stood 5 to 4, in favor of Yale, and this was the result of the game, as Harvard was unable to score in her last inning. As some one exclaimed, "the game was not won, but lost" by these costly errors. Following is the score...
...perplexed. The game was lost by the wildness of our pitcher and by one very bad error which alone marred the otherwise splendid record of the man who made it. A base on balls and a wild throw lost a game which had been won on its merits. The result of this game is but another illustration of the prevailing weakness of college players. They can generally pick up balls and make brilliant stops and catches, but they do not seem to know the little points of the game, but go to pieces at the first critical point. However...
...department this year. An unusually large number of men were successful this time, which goes to show that the study of Greek and Latin is not losing its hold, as has been claimed by its opponents, but on the contrary is becoming more and more popular every year. The result of the recent investigations in Germany has again shown to the world that for training the mind the study of Greek and Latin has as yet found no equal. This investigation has given a new impetus to the study of the classics all over the world. We expect next year...
...their New London quarters : "The race with Harvard takes place on Saturday, June 24, and Columbia has the advantage of a full week's practice on the course before the Harvard crew arrives. On Wednesday the crew had a trial over the full Harlem river course, and the result was eminently satisfactory. Since the brilliant victory of the Columbia eight in the Harlem regatta last week, the followers of the blue and white have pegged their hopes up very high on the result of their race with Harvard. That race is no certainty for either crew, and, although Harvard...
...Moncure D. Conway is engaged on a work embodying recollections of Emerson and his friends at Concord. The volume, which will be entitled "Concordia," and illustrated, relates especially to the time when Thoreau and Hawthorne were living in the village. Mr. Conway will also give the result of his studies of Emerson's works and observations of his influence as a religious teacher on American life and thought...