Word: short
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...make-up of the College crew has remained unchanged since Donald left. They are rowing a shorter stroke than the 'Varsity and although they have been but a short time together and have a poor boat, they are going fast and well...
Yesterday afternoon the 'Varsity ball nine devoted most of the daily practice to batting. After practicing at the nets for a short while they went down to the diamond and, with the College nine in the field and Dowd, the old Georgetown pitcher, pitching for them, the nine indulged in a regular game with the exception that they did not take the field when three outs had been made. Later on in the afternoon the regular fielding practice was gone through with. The work was much more encouraging than last week and the men seemed to put more snap...
...third inning, however, Harvard took the lead. Loughlin, the first man up, knocked a pretty home run between right and centre. Then, with two men up, Egbert got a base on balls and went to second on McCornick's grounder, which was fumbled by Norton. Farrington followed with a short hit, advancing Egbert and McCornick to third and second respectively, and then Foster made a single, sending in two runs...
...Chenoweth was born in Virginia in 1866. His school life began in the Chaucey Hall School, but later he entered the Boston Latin School, from which he graduated in 1884, Upon completing his college course he went to New York to take up the profession of journalism. In a short time he was made night city editor of one of New York's daily newspapers, which position he held until 1895, when he returned to Boston to assume the editorship of the Saturday Evening Gazette...
During the intermission, after a round of cheers, Mr. Lehmann made a short speech, mentioning his trip to Yale and warning the crew that they would find no mean opponents either in Yale or in Cornell...