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Games were played both in Morgan East during bridge club nights and at the apartment over Helen’s Place, once Zach had moved in. The combination of enormous amounts of free time (Jonathan frequently did not start work until 2 pm and Zach was largely unemployed) and the presence of cribbage boards in the Helen’s Place drew a few more casual players to the game, especially Emily Russell-Roy ’06 and Dave Weimer ’06, who seemed to have a rivalry of their own heating up.
A modest total of 29 games was played over the summer, but looking back it was these games that allowed for the frenzy of senior year games to reach an amazing cribbage milestone. It was agreed before the start of play that the summer would not count toward the “years won†tally, so Jonathan remained behind 2 years to 1 going into the final year, still with the chance to even the epic struggle. Interestingly, only 2 skunks were recorded, one per man, as it appeared both competitors were happy simply to play cribbage over the summer and less concerned about piling up points at the end of games. Whatever the reason, cribbage played with warm summer breezes through open windows is as close to a real sport as golf is, in some people’s opinion.
From the point of view of most analysts, this season is the least important, and most overlooked in scholarly writings on the Great Williams Cribbage Series. However, those who scholars who approach their study from a geographical point of view have found this era to be an invaluable source of information for juxtaposition with years in which Zach and Jonathan lived across campus. Studies have sought a relationship between ''d'', the distance between the competitors, and ''g'', games played. With Jonathan and Zach cohabiting a room, the Summer 2004 series has provided an invaluable set of data points in the lower end of the ''d'' scale. Though models have been inconclusive, the sheer simplicity of the model has made it good grist for entry-level courses in study on Williams Cribbage. Many freshman a lab report has been written on the trends in ''d'' and ''g''.
Whatever their esoteric area of focus, there is one thing on which the scholars all agree: cribbage played with warm summer breezes through open windows is as close to a real sport as golf is.
=== Final Statistics, 2004 Summer ===