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1927 NINE TO BE FIRST TO PLAY DOUBLE-HEADER

Twin Bill Scheduled for May 20 is New Departure in Crimson Baseball--36 Games Now Listed for This Year

Three additions to the University baseball schedule have been announced by the H. A. A. bringing the total of games listed for the Crimson nine to thirty-six, the most ambitions schedule ever undertaken by a Harvard baseball team.

A double-header, the first in the history of baseball at Harvard, has been scheduled for May 20, when the University nine will meet a team from Waseda University from Japan and a nine composed of Crimson alumni. The last time the Nipponese players met Harvard was in 1921, when they suffered 5 to 6 defeat.

Many former Crimson stars will be found in the Alumni line-up Among them are E. W. Mahan '16, R. W. Fmmons '21, G. N. Abbott '14, Lee Todd '26, and N. C. Curic '16.

The other addition to the schedule is a game with Randolph Macon, to be played on April 19 in the course of the Southern trip. The only-previous same with the Southern institution was in 1906 and was won by Harvard 7 to 8.

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