Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Leiter has offered to give cups next year, similar to those on exhibition at Leavitt's. There will be a series of six teams to contest for them made up of the three leading teams this year, and three more to be chosen by another series next spring. Cups will be given to the winners of this series also, making 18 cups in all next year...
...College nine left Cambridge last night for West Point, where it will play the Academy team this afternoon, returning home on Sunday. In this game the team will wear their new suits for the first time. These are similar to the suits of last year's College nine. On the left breasts of the shirts and oni the breasts of the sweaters is the monogram "H. 2nd." The suits are gray with crimson stockings, jerseys ahd sweaters...
...eight plates, eight by ten inches each, can be exposed in succession without disturbing the telescope. The telescope is regulated by clock-work and is designed to photograph all the bright stars that cross the meridian during the night. This instrument is much more powerful than the one of similar construction which has been in use at the Observatory during the last few years...
...shell has just been completed by Hoyle of Philadelphia for the use of the crew and Coach Ward is at work upon a new set of oars in shape similar to those used by the crew winning the world's championship at Saratoga in 1871. The men are rowing well together and the crew promises to be much better than it was last year...
...most men can become proficient in it in a short time. It gives good exercise, requires activity and acuteness, and tests the powers of endurance. It seems strange that the game is not taken up more by colleges in general. It can be played as scientifically as tennis and similar games...