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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made witn teams in the neighborhood of Cambridge, as all freshman teams have hitherto done, and the class games will help fill up the other days of the week. Upon the manager rests a grave responsibility, for by practice games only can a team be brought into any sort of shape for the test of paramout importance, the two games which every member of '91 looks forward to, to uphold the athletic honor of his class. If '91 expects to incur anything but disgrace, it is just about time to arrange for games on every date that can possibly...
...freshmen are pulling a sort of man-of-war stroke at present. They are working in the right spirit, however, and an improvement in their rowing is easily seen from day today. There are some good men in the boat, and the crew is without doubt big and strong enough, despite the reports to the contrary. Just now their oars are in the air all the time except during a very vigorous catch, but this is always noticeable in a green crew...
...good but there was not such a jam as to render it uncomfortable. The events went off with considerable snap and vigor and the meeting closed before anyone had a chance to be bored at the sameness which the various feats must have in a meeting of this sort. The performance began with work on the horizontal bar: C. A. Goeble, '88; G. L. Barney, '90; F. B. Myers, '90; and J. B. Henderson, '91, gave a very good exhibition. Henderson carried off the honors and was pronounced the winner of the event. Pennypacker, '88, now tried to break...
...kept up. The hissing once started, it was easy to keep it up without the slightest provocation, and in fact much of it was nothing more than the crowd's desire to express sympathy with its favorites. We sincerely hope and believe that nothing of this sort will ever again mar a Harvard athletic meeting...
...tenth annual games of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Athletic Association take place this afternoon in Winslow's rink, Boston. In former years at the Technology sports there has been much trouble and annoyance from lack of room, but this year there will be no drawback of this sort and the games promise to be interesting and largely attended...