Word: yesterday
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...foot ball tournament ended yesterday. It was prevented from being finished last Tuesday by rain. The touroament has, in every way, been successful, for the appended scores show a marked increase, and it has had the desired effect of bringing out new men. The management is confident that there are many men who are capable of playing foot ball, but have never presented themselves as candidates. It is to be hoped that every man, who has ever played the game, or who is capable of doing so now, will come out next fall and try for the team...
...college papers put bases on balls in the summary but not in the error column. This explains the discrepancy between the score of last Saturday's Yale game as published in yesterday's issue of the CRIMSON and in the Boston Sunday papers...
...large number of false summonses were sent out yesterday by some malicious person or persons. A copy of a genuine summons and one of a false summons are posted on the door of U. 5, under the signature of Professor Eliot...
Another ten inning game was played on Holmes field yesterday afternoon between the freshmen and the Fall River High School team. Ninety-two played without snap, and the baserunning as usual was poor. The batting was weak except in the tenth inning when Cummin and Wrenn made clean hits, thereby bringing in the winning runs. Spalding pitched a good game, but his support from Hollis was, at times, very loose. Wrenn played a beautiful game at second base with the exception of his inexcusable muffs of thrown balls. Carpenter played faultlessly at first, and Cummin made good catches in left...
...huge practical joke which was attempted yesterday by sending out a number of bogus dean's summonses, was a piece of smartness which calls for severe condemnation. Fortunately the attempt was only partially successful, for the deception was discovered early in the day. As it was, it resulted in a great deal of inconvenience at the college office he joke had not even the merit of being funny and for silliness and freshness it would be hard to match...