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8 Yale '88 and Wilcox were in the Freshman boat. Again the races were held at Lake Saltonstall, and again they were a grand success. Four crews were entered in the eight-cared shell race-University, Junior, Sophomore and Freshman. It was a pretty race, and all four crews crossed the line inside of nine seconds, '87 leading in 11m.- 3-tsl, closely followed by the University and '89. The '89 crew consisted of: 1. Wilcox, '88 S., 2. Gill, 895 3. WVe1ls, '89, 4. Buchanan, '89, 5. Mosle, '89, 6. Franchot, '88 S3 7. Carter, '88 S.g stroke and captain, Stewart, '88 S., coxswain, Ames, '89, average weight 158 lbs. The class nine which had promised so much in the fall didn't develop successfully in the spring. The material was good but the assistant captain had no control over his men and they observed no strict training. A number of practice games were played, in which we were fairly successful, but when the nine met Harvard at Cambridge, they met a disastrous defeat, losing the game by the score of eleven to four. Davol, Greer, G. Mason and Osborn took part in this game. After the game we were royally entertained by the Harvard Freshmen. In the spring athletic games, Davison was again the winner in the mile walk, and C. B. Berger, although defeated by Ludington '87, broke the Yale record in the one hundred and twenty yards hurdle race and secured a very close second. I-Ie was put back a yard for a false start, other- wise he might have won the event. The Mott Haven games followedhin a few days. Yale by the questionable decision of the referee, lost the one hundred yards' dash and the cup. O. B. Berger, Davison and Goetchius were among the entries but none of them secured a place in the finals. Stewart was on tl1e tug-of-war team and -Le Sassier was substitute. During all this time the University nine had been working hard and the struggle for the championship was half over. Yale, Har- vard and Princeton were tied for first place. Stewart and Brig- ham, two of Yale's best men, were disabled and in this crippled condition the nine went to Princeton on June 2d. Dann caught Stagg's pitching without an error, and Osborn played second base. Yale won in the last inning by the score of nine to eight. The news of the victory reached New Haven about five o'clock, and in an hour the campus was a scene of the wildest excitement. Fire crackers and bombs were exploded and repeated cheers were given. At eleven o'clock the nine arrived in New Haven, and were es- corted to the colleges by a band and four hundred students. A huge bonfire was lighted and the celebration continued till long

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Class Book. 7 At Christmas we were examined in German and Analytics, and when college opened again began Gem-lings Deutche Lesebuchj' read Die Sechs Diener and stumbled over the iambic-pentamater lines of Die Teilung der Erdef' In January Bull, Pratt and YOUNG went to New York to select a cane for the class, and Shigemi began to lecture to the people of New Haven on The Manners and Customs of the Japanese? The '87 Junior promenade occurred on the night of February ninth, and on the evening of February twenty-first there appeared all over town those '88 S. posters. The next morning, headed by a band and accompanied by '89, we paraded through the principal streets with our banners, serenaded Proi'.Brcwer,Cady's and Nott's, and showed the college the proper way to celebrate YVashington's birthday. i During the first week in March the winter games were held in the old gymnasium and our class was well represented. Le Sassier and Stewart were on the Sheff. tug-of-war team,fwhich won the University championship. SAGE won the light weight sparring, defeating Rogers 2893 Bean won the feather weight wrestling, Davison the light weight wrestling, Carter defeated Gill '89 in the heavy weight wrestling. Stewart and Bond '86 S., gave an exhibition on the horizontal bar. C. B. Berger, C. E. Curtis and Moore had been appointed to the editorial boards of the Rec- ord, Courant and News respectively. Later in the same month came that memorable day. when twenty of the second division cut Prof. YVheeler's recitation in a body, and received two zeros, and were deprived of two cuts for so doing. Then as the time for the Easter recess drew near we began to prepare for our first final examinations. Chemistry, Analytics, English, and the first half of Physics were what troubled us and proved stumbling blocks to several. The Easter recess came' and went and left us plodding along in the same track, except that Botany and Physical Geography were substituted for Chemistry and English. Ten succeeded in making Prof. Eaton believe they knew something about Botany, and were excused from recitations. Meanwhile. athletics were booming. The challenge of the con- solidated Freshman crew had been accepted by both Harvard and Columbia, and the triple race was a certainty. Stewart was captain -of the crew, several,Shefi1 men were trying for positions and the in- terest was great. Davison, C. B. Berger and Goetchius were winners in the Freshman games at the Field 3 and Carter, Franchot, Stewart.

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Class Boolc. 9 after midnight. The Faculty, however, objected to the celebration and no more were held during the term. The class ball games had been played and the Sheff. nine, of which Bull, Davol, Greer, G. Mason and Shelton were members, had won the championship. Pratt won the singles in the Shelf. Tournament and Anderson was second. Anderson, Conyngham, C. B. Berger, Leeds, Prouty and Wal- cott were appointed to arrange for the class supper. June 12th was the date set for the fence game with Harvard, '89. Again, through poor management, the nine was deprived of the services of Dann and Noyes, and although a good lead was obtained in the first three innings, the men became rattled and the game was lost. Harvard scored he1' eighth and winning run in the ninth inning. The Harvard men marched in, sang Harvard songs on the fence which we had failed to win, and in the evening were given a sup- per at the Atheneum. The nine which- represented Yale was: Osborn, c.g VVatkinson, p., Smith, lb., Davol, 2b.g G. Mason, 3b. 5. Greer, s. s.g Hull, l. f.g Fitzgerald, c. f., Francke, r. f. Two days later, on Monday, June 145 the sad news of the death of YOUNG was announced. Ile died quite suddenly from typhoid fever, the only loss by death which wehave sustained during our course. In the evening the class met and appointed C. B. Berger, Dockendorlf and McCrea to draft resolutions. Tl1e class supper, which had been arranged for June 23 at Fenwick Grove, was given up and the class went in a body to view the remains of their dead classmate and escort them to the depot. The committee appointed for that purpose d1'ew up suitable reso- lutions. The year was now drawing to a close and we were plugging for dur first annual examinations, which began on Wednesday, June 16, and ended on Friday, June 25. The same afternoon Professor Brewer announced the result of our examinations, and although a. number were heavily conditioned, the class remained intact. The week which followed is a notable one in the history of Yale. President Porter was succeeded by President Dwight, Yale Col- lege became Yale University, and two glorious victories were added to our long list of athletic achievements. On June 30 Har- vard had defeated Yale at Cambridge and tied us for the cham- pionship. The deciding game was to be played at Hartford July 3, and our nine was working hard for the' coming contest.