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...clock on the Soldiers Field diamond, the Dartmouth nine will meet the University baseball team in an effort to extend its winning streak to eight in a row. Today's contest will be the second this week for the Crimson. On Wednesday, it took a badly played tilt from Bates, 14 to 9, but the Villanova game which was postponed from Thursday to yesterday had to be cancelled the second time because of rain which commenced during the first half of the second inning...
...brief winning streak of four games at the expense of a quartet of New England college teams Harvard's baseball nine will take the field against heavy artillery for the first time since the Spring trip this afternoon when the Syracuse team comes to Soldiers Field for the first tilt of its two game series with the Crimson. Umpire Barry will call play at 3 o'clock...
...defeat ministered to them at the hands of the Crusader aggregation, the first year nine will be playing careful baseball today in order to return to the winning column. After easily defeating St. Mark's 10 to 4, the Crimson nine failed to offer much in the one-sided tilt with the Purple, but it is hoped that in the warm baseball weather predominating at present the Harvard forces will be able to put up a good fight...
With the opening game of the Season only four days off, the University baseball team took advantage of the mild weather to hold its first outdoor practice yesterday at Soldiers Field. Changes in the plans for the spring trip have caused the date of the initial tilt with B. U. to be moved ahead to Friday instead of Saturday as originally announced. If the weather permits, regular practice will probably be held outdoors in preparation for the opening of the season for the rest of this week...
...staging the game saves both Universities from receiving any comment that there would be a mercenary incentive behind a fourth tilt and that the "gate" prospect would decide the place of this encounter. But other factors probably entered into the consideration also. The hockey season has already gone its limit and only the professionals are still at it on the ice. But professional schedules always run longer in any sport. The teams at the other Universities have turned in their skates at least two weeks ago. Winter sports have heard the death-knell and spring athletic teams...