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...Yale-Harvard freshman game will probably be played Wednesday in Cambridge. Our authority for this statement is the Yale News of Monday...
...crew, and we feel justified in speaking plainly of its work in your columns, since the freshman race with Columbia is eagerly watched by all those interested in freshman athletics, and inasmuch as this race is considered in nearly the same light by the university in general as the Yale-Harvard 'Varsity race. We have noticed lately, we are sorry to say, that a spirit of indifference as to the welfare and success of the crew has pervaded its members. They have certainly displayed much laxness lately in their practice rows - even failing to get out on the river last...
...Haven correspondent of the N. Y. Herald has written an interesting letter to his paper on the prospects for the Yale-Harvard race next summer. He says: "While Yale and Harvard have trained differently, and have rowed a different stroke, both as regards style and rapidity, one thing seems to have been satisfactorily demonstrated, which is, that the most experienced crew is pretty sure to win." A tie is to be disposed of at the next race, continues the correspondent, for Yale defeated Harvard in '76, '80 and '81, and Harvard defeated Yale...
...YALE-HARVARD ROWING MATCH.This event, which is to take place next Wednesday, promises to be an unusually exciting affair. The Yale eight, with the exception of the coxswain, are now in the hospital with malarious fever, but their physician thinks that they may be able to row on the appointed day. The Harvard stroke and bow had each an attack of cholera yesterday, and are still very low. Nos. 2, 3, and 6 are believed to be suffering from severe hemorrhages from the lungs, and the three remaining oarsmen are slowly recovering from typhoid fever. It will thus be seen...
...played may be uninteresting, but not childish; for even in the early stages of learning, when the art of the players is but little advanced, we who are not intimately acquainted with the game can nevertheless see how broad is the field for the acquirement of skill. If a Yale-Harvard tennis tournament be arranged for next spring, the result, if favorable to us, will possibly be received with as much pleasure as the late victory of the Lacrosse Team...