Most of the undergraduates can remember the wild enthusiasm which greeted the return of the 'varsity nine last year after its victorious trip to New Haven and Amherst. Few will ever forget the ovation the nine received as it came down by the yard in the midst of a blaze of rockets and red fire, saluted by the wild "rah, rah" of a thousand students, serenaded by the weird strains of the Brass Band, which played, replayed, and then played over again the only air it had attempted to master,- "Yale men say." Nor will the saturnalia that followed be forgotten for many a year,- by the proctors, at least.
Yet the nine came back from its last year's trip with a much less glorious record than it gained for us this year. Last spring we beat Yale by a score of 8 to 7, and Amherst to the tune of 13 to 10. This year we can point to a score of 12 to 4 made against the Blue, and 15 to 5 scored in the match with Amherst. Truly, our nine has brought honors to the college, and the honors it has received from us are hard earned and well deserved. With our present record we need feel but little fear that any other place than Holmes Field will witness the unfurling of next year's championship pennant.
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The Ninety-One Nine.
