Word: spite
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spite of the bugbear raised that Yale would try to force Harvard to play under the new undergraduate rule regarding eligibility, there has been, I have been assured, no suggestion of the kind between the two managements, and in the existence of the above agreement Capt. Hinkey and Capt. Waters will meet to settle by mutual consent all points not specifically covered. Such a meeting will take place this week, as it must come on or before October...
...question with the College authorities whether or not to open the Summer School this year, because of the attractions at the World's Fair. But in spite of the Fair the school met with decided success. The total attendance was 301, only five less than last year. There was an increased attendance in all the courses except in the gymnasium, where there was a falling off of fifty per cent., accounted for by the meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Athletics and various educational meetings held at Chicago...
Preparations are going on at a rapid rate for Thursday's game with Yale. The sale of tickets has been something unprecedented for any baseball games. In spite of the large additions to the grandstands, the seats are largely taken, and it is fully expected that all will be sold by Thursday morning...
THIS afternoon the freshman nine will be given an opportunity to retaliate upon the Princeton freshmen. In the first game they were seriously handicapped by the loss, at the last minute, of their regular pitcher. Yet, in spite of this, the score was a close one. To-day the men have the advantage of playing on home grounds with the sympathies of the crowd strongly with them. They have also had excellent practice in the class championship series, and should be in condition to make a creditable showing. That they are capable of playing well has frequently been proved...
Yesterday's game with Brown was not so satisfactory as it might have been, in spite of the score. In the first place, the 'varsity batted poorly with the exception of Upton, who made a timely home ran in the eighth inning, and Hovey who made two hits, one for three bases. Outside of that, there were just two hits. Eight men struck out, which is about the poorest record this year. Nearly every ball that was hit went into the air. Brown, on the other hand, made eight hits, all singles, though Wiggin kept them well scattered...