Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...made for the international chess match which is to be played this year by cable between Cambridge and Oxford, on one side, and Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton on the other. There will be six players on each team. The make-up of the American team is settled by agreement among the colleges at the intercollegiate match in New York. The six best players from the four colleges are generally chosen, although an attempt is always made to represent each college...
...playing began at 8 o'clock abd at 12 there were two games still unfinished--the match between Rice (H) and Sawin(Y) and that between Arensberg(H) and Adams (Y). These games were adjudicated, the former as a draw and the second in favor of Arensberg, the agreement being to end the match at midnight...
...remember that there are usually two parties to every question, especially in athletics, and we must assume that Pennsylvania is equally honest with ourselves in their interpretation of the rules. The fact that we might decide a case differently has nothing to do with the matter. Our agreement, which has worked well for a number of years, allows each committee to be the judge of the eligibility of its own men under rules which are substantially the same at both universities. If Pennsylvania does not agree with us we must accept the decision in good faith and go into...
...that it would be better to give up the two weeks preparatory practice before the regular opening of the colleges. Any communication with athletes in the preparatory schools is condemned and it is further stated that gate-money receipts should be reduced to the lowest possible minimum by intercollegiate agreement...
...Lisidor's suit at first, for Mirobolan is quite willing to have his daughter marry so old a friend. Their plans are upset, however, by the refusal of Tehante, Alcine's mother, to listen to the preposition; and in spite of remonstrance she has her way and no definite agreement is reached. The two old men are somewhat encouraged by the hopeful spirit of Marin, Lisidor's valet...