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 May 30—Harvard vs. Princeton, at Cambridge; pitchers, Wiggins and Drake                                                           2-0 June 10—Yale vs. Princeton, at Princeton; pitchers, Carter and Drake       9-8 June 17—Yale vs. Princeton, at the Polo Grounds; pitchers, Carter, Davis and Drake                                                14-7 June 24—Harvard vs. Yale, at Cambridge; pitchers, J. Highlands and Carter (10 innings)                                             3-2 June 27—Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven; pitchers, Carter and Highlands     3-0 July 1—Harvard vs. Yale, at the Polo Grounds; pitchers, Highlands and Carter                                                  6-4

Second, the club averages giving only the name of the batsmen and fielders with their positions, and the base hit and fielding averages of each.

Third, the record of the championship games showing total victories and defeats in order of percentage of victories as follows:

All pitching records sent should include games won and lost together with total wild pitches and called balls. The average should include only the percentage of base hits and of fielding.

THE COLLEGE CLUB SEASON OF 1893.

FALL RECORDS OF THE LEADING CONTESTS OF THE SEASON.

Experience, during the past three years, has very plainly shown that the professional revolt and revolution of the nineties had a wonderful effect in increasing the patronage given the leading College club matches of each season since 1890. The attendance at the Harvard, Yale and Princeton matches of 1892 surpassed all previous records in College club history, while that of 1893, was nearly up to that of 1892. One result was, of course, large additions to the athletic funds of each college, that of Harvard alone reaching in 1892 the large sum of $50,000, of which the base ball contributions were nearly half, while Yale's returns in base ball alone reached $20,000 in 1892. The fact is, there is a vim and an earnestness to win for the honor of victory alone, in most of the College club contests, which is not always seen on the professional fields; and this makes the