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Below is appended the records of the Harvard and Yale nines since the beginning of their intercollegiate contests in 1868. Both universities have won twenty-nine games. In 1883 Harvard led Yale six in games won. Since then Yale has improved disproportionately and has won enough games over Harvard to make the score a tie. In this condition the present season opens. It remains to be seen whether we forge ahead of our rivals or permit Yale to continue their victorious career...
Since 1883, the points won by Yale have been 128 to 121 by Harvard. The scores indicate a much closer series than the reality. Yale has won 14 games to Harvard...
...first event was the tug-of-war between the Yale and Cambridge teams; won by Cambridge by one inch. The Unas pulled the M. I. T. team by one inch. The final tug-of-war between the Una and Cambridge teams resulted in a tie, but Cambridge refusing to pull again, the prize was given to the Unas...
...running high jump, Sherman, of Yale, won the first prize, jumping 5 feet...
...Yale, did not enter in the high kick, as was expected. W. S. Phillips, C. Y. M. C. A., won this event by a kick of 8 feet 9 inches. In trying to better this he made a record of 9 feet 3 1-2 inches...