Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Apollo Glee and Banjo clubs met with success on their Easter trip. Twenty-five men left New York Thursday afternoon on the steamer "City of Augusta." and arrived at Savannah on Saturday night where they put up at the Pulaski House. On Sunday and Monday, the members of the clubs were taken to drive about the city, and at 5 p. m. Monday were given a reception at the home of Mr. William Gordon, '86 S. In the evening a concert was given in the Opera House before an audience numbering more than a thousand. On Tuesday morning...
...Yale freshman nine went on a trip during the Easter recess...
...Glee and Banjo club of Princeton returned from their annual western tour on April 20th. The trip was much more extended than those of previous years and despite the fact that it occurred during Lent, large audiences were the rule wherever the clubs appeared. The singing of the Glee club was extremely good and the daily papers gave most flattering accounts of their efforts. The Banjo club made a hit everywhere and seldom played a piece without being recalled. The reportoire of the clubs contained very little classical music, old college melodies and comic airs mainly composing the progarmmes...
...next morning for Chicago, thence going in the following order: to Bloomington, Ill., St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Sewickley. Both Bloomington and Sewickley have never been visited by the clubs before, and though both are small towns, they did their best to give the men a good time. This trip is considered at Princeton as the most successful the clubs have ever taken...
...ball. On Thursday, Princeton played the Jasper college nine and was again successful, beating them 13 to 9 King and Brown were Princeton's battery. Princeton struck out sixteen men, Jasper only eight. Princeton's work at the bat was very effective. Princeton lost their first game of the trip to Newark 14 to 4. The Princeton team were overworked and batted and fielded poorly. The most interesting game was with Staten Island on Saturday. A large audience was present. Staten Island's battery did fine work, while Ames and Brokaw held their opponents down to three hits and struck...