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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...afternoon, on the club's grounds at Watertown. Except for a strong wind, the weather was perfect for shooting, and even without the wind it is extremely doubtful if the scores would have been much better. Both teams shot well, the Harvard team better than ever before. At the start, Harvard took the lead, and kept increasing it at every round. In the fourth round, the Yale team did very good work, but it was of no avail and Harvard finished winner by twenty three birds. The teams were composed of five men each, each man shooting at thirty birds...
...Gentlemen of Philadelphia team which is to visit England next summer; but the college will expect a good showing even against these odds. The eleven has been improving lately, and with sharp fielding and steady work ought at least to keep down the runs. Cricket has taken a good start this year, and more interest has been shown in it than in former years. The eleven ought to try to keep up this interest by doing their best at Philadelphia, and if they lose this game, by working all the harder for a victory over Haverford at Cambridge...
CRICKET CLUB.- The following men will meet at my room at 10.45 sharp, ready to start for Philadelphia: Austrian, Balch, Butters, Crowninshield, Frost, Garrett, Lee, Hewes, Nields, Sullivan...
...first event was a sailing race over a triangular course of about one and one half miles. The entries were B. B. Crowninshield, '90; G. L. Batchelder, '92, and Cartwright, Puritan Canoe club. The start was a flying one, the men being given one minute in which to cross the line. Cartwright crossed the line on the wrong side of the stake boat and lost much time in returning and crossing again. Crowninshield was the first to get away. He was followed thirty seconds later by Batchelder, and Cartwright was thirty-nine seconds behind Batchelder. The relative order...
...held at Lake Saltonstall last Saturday afternoon. The first event was the single scull race for the Cleveland cup, over a mile and a half course and return, with a turn. C. O. Gill, '89, and W. H. Butler, '90 S., were the contestants. Butler lead from the start, and gradually increased the distance between himself and Gill, who was handicapped by a defective oar. Butler finished in 13 minutes, 50 3-4 seconds, The principal event was the eight-oared shell race, two mile straight away, between the junior, sophomore and freshman crews. Two starts were necessary, as Ninety...