New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-24
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HARVARD.
FORECAST OF vrcroRY-BALL AVERAGES.

A EORECAST
Cambridge Mass, Nov. % speciaD.-Latae easc
but the Harvard. Yale football game has been taihca
about during the week. Unprecedented enshusls e'
has prevailed Already on Wednesday evening si inc
seats on the Harvard side Of the field had ocon so1'
and by Thursday they commanded high p'osn'"4
A large crowd gathered to cheer the tenn ~nol ~
left Cambridge on Friday. On SATURDAY eN a.
IN some courses were entirely suspendeo a"u -.
others only a gerry small proportion OF inc "su'.
,mnhor ,ras nr.sent The feeling universal that
torvara had a better chance Of winning TINS 'c"r
than ever before, though the remarkaoie inip,o,e
ucnt in the Yale eleven since the opehhs y, VIZ.
season gave assurance that the game "o1 49,
ou events well confessed. The eleven h"s p
greatly by the unusual strength Oh inc 'ona
which gave them their oes' pIaS" -. ers,e,even
hacks ON the second eleven were oio nf''e'0''"
players. -, ,,. In thu work
-. 49,. .snr have been made public and comparl'
CON with the corresponding averages Oh Oio .@io ''0
&c interesting In the Harvard faie games rroons
han, has the highest batting average ior har."u
- ..vracc being 2o7 four Yale men stand aooye
a - ~. LIST OF the ten men having the highest
s..,no averages only two from Harvard Frothng-
- and uoVland; m short almost the whoie faie
..o,, ranked above the Harvard men IN Da'lhg.
com,ar,,on OF the fielding averages nKcwise SHOWS
ua,vard GENERALLY inferior. Tranora az n"F
has. had fielding average OF .937' which was
oh
n,ayed the position. At seoondbase rockingham
Vas much outplayed by Calhoun. and had an average
90 only 400. Deans average was .ool. Ai"aiu
at thiid.base had an average Of 72O, while owsey'
~ yale. averaged Tss. OF the outfelders, HOW
lard of Harvard did the best work, accepting hieen
ch.nces without IN error. Apparently the iais
nina fairly earned their championship
Tho annual handicap roadracc Of the cycnng aSsocia
tim has been held. The course was ten miles, VI
the sixteen men who started F. s. Pratt. "a, WIN
handicap Of six minutes and quarter, came IN nf''
r.. Macallister, '94, was second with handicaP VI
eight minutes.
PREDECESSOR Everett lectured ct the college con-
teru,ce on "The Bible and the Sacred BOOKS Oh inc
East ..o
Dr. Jeoflo Gay, pastor Of the Chapel Oh inc
waldenses at Rome, lectured before the Historical
bishop Kendrick, Of New Mexico and Arizona ad-
dressed the Young Mems Christian Associauon
NJ o. Wilcox, 81, has been elected Regular
editor of "The Advocate" 1870, .oors,,rv ~
G. R. Bardeen, 98, has been elected secressry e %
the athletic association in place OF e. H. rearing 20
TSe announcement has been officially made by the
corporation mat at the beginning OF CARVING 1a1 ' On the
dining han will BE changed with the view o. pro a0
yidlng for larger number OF students; Inc ~
nouncemcnt is significant and Is received Nun hui,
More men 1t is believed, cannot be accommodated
without serious Inconvenience TO All. g.. pos.o,
The charity work done by Harvard uen III Dos "a
and Cambridge Is not inc0nsiderable. The WORK Is
self much interested in the work, endeavors to
bring the men toget her for mutual help. MISS hIpha
smith of the Boston Associated Charities, gave a
talk last week at Professor Peabody's home.