Word: bases
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...practice, for the parts of the grounds where there was formerly no fence have been surrounded by a stone wall on the top of which is built a wooden fence eight feet high. The entire field now measures 570x500 yards. There will be laid out on it two base ball diamonds and one foot ball field. The latter will be enclosed by a new one-third mile track between which and the fence there will be a space of about eighty feet for carriages A grand stand, patterned after the one at Yale, with a seating capacity of 2000, will...
...Fault is found with Princeton for playing Ames because he has played in some base ball games for money, and therefore comes under the term professional. Affidavits have been shown to prove this, and a facsimile of a letter of Ames's tending in the same direction. It appears also that Ames and others have produced counter affidavits and declarations that the letter is a forgery. Now my first question: Why is it not fair and just to give Ames and Princeton the benefit of the doubt till the facts are established, or, at least, leave the question open...
Athletics, it is to be regretted, have gone to extremes. Just as base ball is at present one of the principal topics of interest in the nation, so athletics fill a most important place in college life. Newspapers, whose sole object is to make money, foster this abnormal interest in athletics by giving glowing accounts of all games. The editors are even ready to have a close game of base ball or of foot ball reported, as they are well aware of the likes and dislikes of their readers. This "abnormal interest" in athletic contests brings about betting, a "sign...
PILLADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 15, 1889-Another instance of the prevalent and pernicious system of "ringing in" outsider came to light here today. R. S. Ammerman of Danville. Pa., is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law school and a very fine base ball player. An influential member of the Harvard nine was in town yesterday and today endeavoring to get Ammerman to leave Pennsylvania and enter Harvard. He offered to have Ammerman's tuition and board paid and give im a cash bonus besides. He even went went so far as to tell Ammerman that there was a ticket...
...year any organization after the payment, of its debts has a surplus in excess of the amount stated below, this surplus shall be at the disposal of the Graduate Treasurer and of the board described in the last section, but it shall be spent on athletics: Athletic Association, $400; Base Ball Association, $1,500; Bicycle Club, $150; Boat Club, $1000; Cricket Club, $150; Football Association, $1500; Freshman Eleven, $150; Freshman Nine, $50; Tennis Association...