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Among other things, the victory showed that Harvard has two of the best track coaches in the country. We knew all along that Coach Quinn would develop some good men in the field events, but Coach Donovan had never been in charge of a Harvard track team before this spring. The result is as much of a triumph for him as for the members of the team, for without a good coach it is certain that no such good showing would have been made. It is encouraging to know that both coaches and most of the men on the team...
...first baseball game with Cornell at Ithaca on Saturday resulted in a victory for the University team, by the score of 5 to 2. Harvard secured a lead of two runs in the first inning, increased it to four in the fourth by good hitting, and thereafter the game was never in doubt...
...Harvard nine has displayed this year, although the opposing pitcher was rather weak; nine hits were made off Howes during the first seven innings, and one off Caldwell. On the other hand Hicks, with his usual speed and curves, held the Cornell batters well in hand. Four hits, two of them triples, completed the total. Eight men struck out and only one reached first on balls. With the exception of MacLaughlin, whose eyes seemed to trouble him, the fielding of the University team was excellent. Simons made a beautiful one-hand stop of a high bounder, which was going over...
...first scoring came in the second inning when two singles coupled with a base on balls an 1 a two-base hit brought in three runs for the second team. Three more runs were scored in the fourth and fifth innings by timely hitting and errors. The game was called in the seventh by the mutual consent of both captains...
...they could possibly be victorious. It was only by the hardest kind of work on the part of both athletes and coaches that a well-rounded team was developed, and as the season progressed the results of this consistent effort were plainly shown. Although we were defeated by Yale two weeks ago, the showing was much better than expected, and today the team is stronger than ever. With the representatives of other colleges to divide the points in the events where Harvard is weakest, there is a great opportunity for the University team to carry off the honors...