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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Columbia. - The victory which this despised crew obtained at Henley is now a matter of history. But when we think of the auspices under which they went to England, - the papers crying them down, outsiders considering their expedition the height of folly, and even their own friends and college mates thinking them rash and foolhardy, - when we think of all this, our admiration for their pluck and determination is only equalled by the surprise and delight that was felt when they declined to accept the public reception tendered them by the city of New York, refusing to make a public...
...zest by both hosts and guests." We are told in another place that "there was the usual rush for the flowers, in which nearly every one received some blossoms, while not a few came off with bruises, which sent them limping off for liniments and bandages." The Seniors who went "limping off for liniments" must have been creations of the reporter's fancy. Sanders Theatre is spoken of as "that pleasant little temple of Thespis...
Ninth Inning. - Smith hit safe, and scored on Tyng's wild throw to second and Howe's fumble. Harvard went to the bat to face Carter for the last time as the Nine of 1878, and the way they batted that ball was delightful to behold. Tyng, after Thayer had gone out by Walden to Downer, hit safely for two bases in the direction of left field, and took third on the inability of two thirds of the Yale nine standing one behind another to stop the ball fielded in by Brown; this had no effect detrimental to the earning...
...opening of the fourth mile Yale made a grand effort and spurted up to 36. But it was of no use. The crimson eight, who were pulling a clean, even, and powerful stroke, which contrasted strongly with the splashing stroke of the Yale crew, went up to 38 to the minute, and kept it up to the beginning of the last half-mile, when they slackened to 37, which was their rate when they crossed the line. The men from New Haven pulled a plucky race, and stuck to their work manfully, though they could not have had any hopes...
Thence, the games being ended, the judges and other stewards went up back to the city in two-horse chariots, but most of the spectators proceeded on foot. And all were greatly delighted in mind at the games...