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...Bull have a punting contest which is ended by the ball going fair, when Yale gets it. Three trials gain no ground for Yale, and Morrison punts to Holden, who kicks fair, and Harvard gets the ball. A second time Holden kicks fair and Yale gets it. Yale in vain tries to get the ball nearer our line and the fourth time Watkinson tries for a goal from the field, but fails. Beecher gets the ball from Holden's kick, and Holden's ankle is hurt; Sears takes his place. Watkinson fumbles the ball and goes down in a heap...
...Yale rush-line played a magnificent game. Every man knew what he had to do, and did it well. They made good holes and protected the runner in great shape. It was in vain that our rushers and backs would try to get through the line with the ball. Even when they did find what looked like a hole a Yale rusher was sure to come round from the further end and stop the runner before he got to the backs. In fact their backs did very little tackling and are evidently not so good as the rush-line. Watkinson...
...Nineteen-twentieths of the students in Harvard must earn their own living after they leave the college. If they look askance upon politics, it is because politics does not offer them a living. He would be an ill-advised youth who would rush into the political arena in the vain hope of honorably wrestling therefrom a competence sufficient to maintain him in his early years of struggle. Where would he begin? At the bottom of the ladder; in the common council, perhaps. There he would receive no remuneration. Nor as an alderman would he receive pay for his duties...
...year ago, it should win both its races. Captain Mumford is to be congratulated upon the excellent work which the crew has done under his captaincy. The crew has worked as hard as all Harvard crews are expected to do, and their labor, we believe, will not be in vain. The college appreciated the exhibition row which was given yesterday quite as much as any favor which has ever been conferred upon her by a university captain; and the enthusiasm of the spectators dispelled all fears that the college had no interest in the crew. Well, the crew has gone...
...record them all. Perhaps what called for most applause was the terrific hitting of the champions, and, next to that, the terrific fielding of their opponents. Towards the close of the game the Bessies released some of their regular players and availed themselves of professional talent, - but in vain. The following summary will give some idea of the work done. Several threatening letters received at this office will serve to explain the omission of the individual scores...