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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...time approaches for the next game of ball with Yale, conjectures as to the probable result of the game become more frequent. Those who have not watched closely the scores of our Nine and of Yale's - men whose opinion has little value - say openly that our chances of success are few. Others who have been carefully comparing each score as it reaches us are in a much more hopeful frame of mind. We sympathize entirely with the latter, and shall wait until the next game is lost before giving up the hope of winning the series, and the championship...
...spring, may be a forerunner of better times for the House Clubs. With this in view, and the expenditure of a little more energy on the part of the club secretaries, we think boating matters will be found to be in a fair condition after all. We must say we fail to see what Mr. Blakie would gain by foreclosing. As things stand he has a fair chance of getting all his money; if he forecloses, he gets only a lot of rickety, slow old tubs, called by courtesy "shells" and barges, which he could never sell for anything...
...say, in conclusion, that I did not anticipate the Rhetoric myself, and therefore have no personal motive in making this complaint...
...defeat sustained by our Nine last Saturday has been the subject of frequent conversation, and various are the causes to which it is ascribed. It is not a fit time we think for moralizing, and saying that our training has been insufficient; nor is it fair to say, as many do, that our Nine is not as strong as Yale's. We must not lose heart for the rest of the series because we have been beaten in the first two games. Both of these games were played under peculiarly unfortunate circumstances; Fessenden was greatly missed in the first game...
...must decline your challenge, appreciating, however, the compliment; but will here say that I am quite ready, if my college is challenged and wishes me to row, to do so for the championship of the two colleges. I am respectfully yours...