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...carried off all its contests except one defeat and one tie, both setbacks occurring during the Southern trip. In team-work the opposing nines are practically even, Princeton having a fielding average of .935 against the slightly higher .956 of the University, while the batting averages give Princeton a shade the advantage with .243 against...
...class crews have been working hard in preparation for this contest, and they are evenly matched. The Sophomore crew seems to have a shade the better of its rivals, for it has a larger number of candidates from which to draw. Both Sophomore A and B will enter the race, since the work of this second crew has been consistently good all year...
...according to a general plan both for treating the surroundings of the Library itself and for improving and to some extent re-arranging all the minor plantations in the Yard. In addition to these preparations, and also according to a plan for the gradual development of the shade-tree plantations, pits of new loam have been prepared in anticipation of putting in new trees, probably red oaks and elms...
...dozen men are at work completing the surface. Six inches of cinders is the foundation for the clay courts, whose surface is to be of decayed rock. Bleachers are to be erected at the north end of the field under two great willow trees which will afford ample shade for the spectators...
...while it lost to Yale last Saturday, defeated Princeton 35 to 18 early this week. Vollmer is probably the best of the Columbia men, being very fast at almost any distance. C. C. N. Y. will not be as dangerous an opponent, and the University will probably have a shade the better of the Monday contest...