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...several easy putouts by Yale when Harvard needed runs the most. Unless the nine makes a vast improvement in this particular there is not the slightest chance for victory at New Haven on June 1. The coaching also was very poor. In the field the work was better though by no means steady. The infield men were inclined to interfere with each other, and the backing-up was not so strong as it should have been. The team as a whole, however, deserves praise for its work which was cool at critical points. The nine was unfortunate at the first...
...seen that hree more games remain to be played Two between the Juniors and Sophomores, and one between the sophomores, and one between the sophomores and Freshmen. It is to be hoped that those games will be played and the schedule completed, even though they do not materially effect the standing. The following men compose the Junior nine, Akin. c., Butterworth, p.; McKean, 1b.; McCoy, 2b.; Barney. 3b.; Bates, s. s.; Codman, l. f.; Piper, c. f.; Faulkner, r. f. Cups will be given to the winners...
...made up by next fall. The building will be three stories in height, with a high studded basement. Particular attention is to be paid to the sanitary arrangement, the idea being to have the building the most perfect of its kind in America. The outside will probably be stone, though unless sufficient money is raised, the committee will have to content themselves with brick...
Saturday afternoon the 'Varsity nine played its second game with the Williams college team, and this time succeeded in defeating it in a close, though not especially exciting contest. The nine was deprived of the services of Captain Willard, who was away, but McKean '90, who covered first base in his stead, played a very creditable game both at the bat and in the field. The home team played remarkably well in the field. The out fielders were slow in fielding the ball in, but the work of the infield was good. Much of the credit of winning the game...
...College Arrogance" under Topics of the Day is a discussion of one aspect of "Harvard snobbishness," which though not strikingly original is worth a careful reading...