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...Soldiers Field for over two weeks and has been reduced to about thirty men. The daily practice consists of batting at the nets and fielding practice, after which the squad is divided up into two nines. The squad has shown improvement the last few days; the fielding is sharper and cleaner, and the batting much better. The coach is now getting the team up in good shape to meet Boston Latin next Saturday. This week the squad will be reduced to those men who are needed for the Easter practice...
...showing up fully as well, if not better than they did at this time last year. The practice is improving steadily, the fielding being ceaner and sharper, and the throwing more accurate than it was a short time ago. In batting, the men are paying more attention to meeting the ball squarely and to keeping it on the ground, than to hard hitting...
Contrary to expectations the Andover eleven won rather easily. The forwards, although lighter than their opponents played a sharper, harder game and made good holes, and the interference, especially on end plays was remarkable for a school team. Quimby, Burdick, Elliot and Pierson deserve especial praise for their work...
...Ninety-nine team has improved considerably during the past week. Several new men have joined the squad and the practice has been sharper than before. The team goes to Southboro this morning to play St. Marks. The probably line up for Ninety-nine will be as follows: Sherwin, r. e.; Stowell, r. t.; Catlin, r. g.; Fairbank, c.; Lloyd, l. g.; Whitbeck, l. t.; Johnson, l. e.; Farley, q. b.; Davis, r. h. b.; Stowell, l. h. b.; Brown, f. b. Besides the above, Dayton, Gilder, Homans, Thompson and Huntington will be taken. Dayton and Lloyd of the 'Varsity squad...
...currency. (3) A tariff for revenue only. (4) International arbitration. II. In doubtful states to accomplish the first they must give up the second. III. In states not doubtful they can accomplish both by voting for Palmer and Buckner, for, (A) in this way they administer a sharper rebuke to the silverites than in voting for McKinley, for (1) a vote for McKinley is liable to be misunderstood. It is doubtful whether it represents (a) a high protectionist. (b) a Republican who has not usually voted, (c) a Democrat, (2) a vote for Palmer and Buckner cannot be mistaken...