Word: saturday
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Boston Athletic Association will hold an open handicap cross country run on Saturday, December 9. The route will be from the B. A. A. club-house to Commonwealth avenue, to Beacon street, to Coolidge's Corner, return by way of Beacon street to Commonwealth avenue, to Exeter street, to B. A. A. club-house. The distance will be about five miles. Prizes will be given to the first six men in, if there are twenty or more starters. All competitors must be registered by the A. A. U. There will be an entrance fee of twenty-five cents...
...Freshman eleven, in its last game of the season, defeated the Yale freshmen, on Saturday, by a score of fifty-four to nothing. The Harvard team was superior to its opponents in every point of the game, and showed the effects of better coaching and training. After the first two touchdowns had been secured, the Yale defense broke down completely and the subsequent scoring was due as much to the wretched tackling of the Yale team, as to the fast running of the Harvard backs...
...twelve games of simultaneous blindfold chess, at the Boston Chess Club on Saturday, the only two that Pillsbury lost were to F. G. Hopkins '90 and C. T. Rice...
Princeton defeated Yale on Saturday in a well-fought game which was decided only in the last minute of play by a goal from the field. The Princeton backs showed unexpected strength in line bucking, and with excellent interference, they gained repeatedly on end plays. As was shown in the first half, when Yale was held for downs on the five-yard line, Princeton's defense was very strong. On the other hand, Yale had the advantage of fine generalship and was quick to take advantage of every opportunity...
...Varsity. The past week's hard and very satisfactory practice, however, will doubtless find Yale prepared to play a strong game. Yet it is certain that the team is considerably weakened by the loss of Wilhelmi, fullback, who broke his collar-bone in the Princeton freshman game last Saturday. Although it is certain that Yale will be outclassed in punting by Stillman of Harvard, still there seems to be no doubt that their team is at the highest stage of its development...