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HARVARD WINS THE INTER-COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE OELRICHS' CUP

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Yesterday the lacrosse twelve returned from one of the longest and the most successful trips ever made by a Harvard athletlc team. Victory crowned the efforts of our men in every contest, and at the end, the score was four victories and no defeats, and a total of 23 goals won to 4 lost. Never has there been a finer lacrosse team in any of the colleges, and it is doubtful if there was ever a better one of native American players than the one which represents Harvard this year. The exhibition of team play was very fine, and the superior training of Harvard's representatives was apparent in every match.

The team left Cambridge Wednesday afternoon, arriving in New York early Thursday morning, and in Baltimore soon after twelve on the same day. The "Carrolton" was made the headquarters, and from there, after a hearty dinner, the men were driven out to Oriole Park.

THE DRUID GAME AT BALTIMORE.An audience of 600, more than half of whom were ladies, welcomed the two rival teams when they made their two rival teams when they made their appearance upon the field. The Harvard graduates, a number of whom were present, encouraged our men by loud cheers, and the audience as a whole distributed its applause very fairly. The Druids were: goal, Primrose; point, Penniman, capt.; cover point, A. McLane; defence field, Hopkins, R. M. McLane, and Hodges; centre, D. Reese; attack field, Poe, A. Reese, and L. Riggs; homes, Frick. and Ober. Harvard was represented by; goal, Easton, L. S.; point, Rueter, L. S.; cover point, Williams, '85, capt.; defence field, Nichols, L. S., Goodale, '85, and Peabody, '87; centre, Gardner, '87; attack field, Hood, '86, and Dudley, '87; homes, Noyes, '85, Wood, '85, and Blodgett, '87. Mr. Leigh Bonsal, '84, acted as umpire for Harvard.

The ball went, soon after the first draw, close to the Druid goal and staid there for fully five minutes. Then it soon returned, and the Druids managed by quick play, aided by the peculiarities of the ground which troubled the Harvard defence, to score three goals inside of 15 minutes. The game was to be for an hour and a half, and our men not discouraged, went to work with a will to overcome the lead of the Druids. By steady play, they soon had the ball most of the time at the Druids' end, and before time was up, our men had scored 5 straight goals. The work in goal of Easton was very fine, he having to stop many straight shots of Frick. The whole team played well, and our homes did good shooting. After supper, the Harvard twelve were the guests of the Harvard club of Baltimore, and led by Dr. Frank Donaldson, '79, the club did everything to make the stay of the team pleasant, Refreshments, songs, and cheering filled up a very enjoyable evening.

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY GAME.The team went at once to New York, and on Friday played against New York University in the final game for the collegiate championship. Our team was the same as on the preceding day, and played with much snap after the stiffness of travel had worn off. The game was at the end very one-sided, our team scoring almost at pleasure. The result was 6 goais to 0 in our favor. This gives the college championship to Harvard, and the college will receive a handsome silk pennant from the Inter-collegiate Lacrosse Association.

After the game, the New York men entertained the Harvard team at an elaborate banquet. Saturday morning, Twombly, L. S. joined the team, and played in the tournament games, Peabody acting as field captain.

THE OFLRICHS TOURNAMENT.Saturday the tournament for the Oelrichs challenge cup was played, under the direction of the National Lacrosse Association. Six clubs were entered, Williamsburgh, Princeton, Stevens Institute, University of New York, Druids of Baltimore, and Harvard. The general expectation in New York was that Williamsburgh would win. The contest took place in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Occasional showers of rain made the ground slippery and treacherous under the players' feet. The first game was between the Druids and Stevens Institute. The Druids won after a hard fought contest, by a score of four goals to three. Williamsburg and Harvard played the second game. Immediately after the ball was put in play, Flannery of the Williamsburgh team secured it, ran with it down the field, and almost before the Harvard defence knew what was going on, tossed it to one of the homes, who neatly put it through the Harvard goal. Time, 30 seconds. Harvard then collected itself together for its usual up-hill game, and soon upset all of the Williamsburgher's calculations of victory. At both ends of the field the Harvard men played completely around their opponents. Several of the Williamsburgh players were sent flying heels over head by vigorous body checks, and every attempt to drop the ball through the Harvard flags was frustrated. At the end of the hour the extraordinary score-for lacrosse-of seven goals to one had been made, the result being in favor of Harvard.

Princeton and New York University played in the third game of the tournament. Princeton presented a stronger team than she did in the recent intercollegiate game at Cambridge. having secured the services of J. A. Hodge, '83, as point. Princeton won easily. Score, 7 goals to none. Princeton, the Druids, and Harvard were thus the competitors in the final round. Harvard was so lucky as to draw the bye. The game between Princeton and the Drnids was well contested, the two clubs being about equal in speed and endurance. The Druids won by a score of three to one. In the final and deciding game between the Druids and Harvard, the Druids were tired from their exertions of the previous hour, but still played with pluck and vigor. The ball was constantly thrown from one end of the field to the other, and showed no inclination to linger at either goal; but on five different occasions when it was near the Druids' goal, the fine playing of the Harvard attack forced it through the flags, while the Druid attack was unable to score at all. Harvard's superior system of attack alone won the game. Before the game, Capt. Penniman, of the Druids, protested against Woods of Harvard being allowed to play. The reason for the protest was, that Woods had played on the Somerville team, and was therefore disqualified from playing with Harvard. It was generally agreed that the protest would accomplish nothing.

Harvard thus won the cup by the following scores: Williamsburgh vs. Harvard, 1-7; Druids vs. Harvard, 0-5.

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