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Eighty-nine won her first game yesterday, defeating eighty-six by a score of 7 to 4. The freshmen showed a marked improvement in their fielding, but were weak at the bat. '86 lost through poor fielding. Downer was struck on the arm by a pitched ball in the fifth inning, and his place was taken by Weaver. The best playing was done by Hurley and Clark. Bruner did good work for '86. McPherson made a pretty throw from centre field to the plate, shutting out a run. The score...
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...score of yesterday's game against Columbia will be disagreeable reading for Harvard men. It is a long time since a Harvard nine has been 'blanked,' and the experience is an extremely unpleasant one. The game was not marked by any incidents deserving of mention, except the fine play of Cooper at short. The visitors got their runs by bunching their hits and by Harvard bunching their errors. Ayrault pitched a fine game, allowing only two scattering hits to be made off his delivery. Nichols - as was to be expected - did not show up in his usual good form. Donovan...
...able to gain little from the contests. Is this the practice that will enable Harvard to play a game of base-ball that shall be worthy the name? Steadiness in play, presence of mind at critical moments cannot be gained by competition with clubs which are beaten with the score in the twenties. The calm game played by Columbia yesterday was something new to the Harvard students. We have seldom seen a Harvard nine play with such confidence. This is what our team needs, and on the eye of one of the most critical games of the season, this...
...congratulate the officers of the association on the wisdom which led to this action, and feel sure that the result will justify their expectations. That they will have an interesting and exciting meeting goes without saying; the work done by the men this spring leaves no doubt on that score...