Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...proposed rules as submitted by the Advisory Committee last March were discussed and passed with a few changes. The recommendation to prohibit the snapper-back from running with the ball until it has touched a third man was voted down and thus the rule in regard to the centre rush putting the ball in play remains the same as it was last year. It was also decided that "No player can lay his hands upon or INTERFERE with, by use of hands or ARMS, an oppnent, unless he has the ball...
This will prevent the rushers from blocking with their arms after the ball has been snapped back...
...thanks as a college are due to the nine whose careful, hard work won yesterday's victory. They must take courage, without too much selfconfidence, and continue as they have begun. We look to them to bring back the championship to Harvard-its proper resting place-and assure them of the hearty support of all Harvard men in their earnest endeavors towards this...
...toward the end, and finished about three lengths behind '89. '90's time was 12 minutes 14 1-2 seconds. The slowness of the time was due to the very unfavorable conditions. The crews rested for some time at the Union boat house. At 6.20 the senior boat started back over the course. '89 and '91 followed soon afterwards. The victorious sophomores left their shell at the Union boat house, and returned to Cambridge in carriages. As a whole, considering the wind and rough water, the race was a good one. The sophomores rowed a very pretty race, and proved...
...next year. However, though disappointed, we are not disheartened. We still hope that the petition will eventually be granted, though the well-known opposition of the Overseers to athletics may prove a temporary obstacle. The only thing for us to do is to persevere; we have good arguments to back us, a liberal-minded faculty to deal with, and the support of unbiased Alumni...