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...next event was the light-weight wrestling. T. J. Stead, '91, and A. L. Shapleigh, '92, were the only contestants. Shapleigh got the first fall in 1 minute, 30 seconds, without much trouble. Shapleigh threw Stead a second time in 40 seconds after a vain attempt by Stead to make a bridge. As J. Crane, '90, and O. W. Shead, '93, had withdrawn, the event went to Shapleigh...
...very important matter both as regards comfort and health, especially during the mid-year period when most men find it absolutely necessary to spend many hours a week in the reading room and wish to use their energies in study, instead of squandering them in the effort, frequently vain, to keep awake. The building is an old one we know, and is not supplied with modern appliances yet it seems as though a little more care of the heating apparatus and a little more liberal admission of out door air might easily be secured...
...There has been a new arrangement of seats so that those on the coaches can easily see over the heads of those in the seats. In regard to counterfeit tickets it is not known that any have been issued. Mr. Lowell, manager of the Harvard eleven, has endeavored in vain to find any ground for the rumor and the Yale management deny that as far as they can learn, any have been issued. The eleven left yesterday afternoon for Springfield where they will spend the night. The Yale eleven has not been fully decided upon, will and probably...
...Saxe brought it out and punted but Princeton forced the play right down to Harvard's fifteen yard line again. Cowan on the next play ran strongly around the end and made a touchdown. No goal, score 27-15. Harvard now lost hope and the rush line made. a vain endeavor to brace. Lee made another good run. The ball was kicked to Black who was tackled by Cumnock before he could gain. Channing, Cowan and Ames ran through Harvard's line and brought the ball far down the field. Channing rushed through and fell with his hands just over...
...yards but on a third down Trafford kicked. The ball went over Pennsylvania's line for a touch back. When it was brought out Hulme failed to advance, and the leather went to Harvard. Saxe got a good start but Dewey tackled him well. He and Lee bunted in vain against Pennsylvania's heavy center but Harvard kept the ball by losing twenty yards. Lee made a fine rush around the end for a gain of forty yards. A moment later he ran around the end again and scored a touchdown. Time 30 minutes. Goal Score 23-0. When...