Word: equal
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...past week, throws, well, but is backward in getting into the play. K. Smith, at right forward, passes fairly well, but is weak in his throwing. Since the return of the team from the New York trio. Randall has been at centre. He has so far failed to equal his play of last year be is usually first in the jump-off at centre, but plays only a fair passing and throwing game...
...these men only one or two are of exceptional ability. Although there are a number of other good men in College, they will have to do better than they have ever done before in order to equal the performances of some of the Yale team. Thus Harvard must rely solely on second, third and fourth places, and to win must have a large squad of men who will be satisfied with nothing short of success...
...considering this question we must remember the reason for making any set eligibility rules. They are made in order to put all teams on an equal footing; to give every man an equal chance. For example, a professional is not allowed to play on an amateur team, because he is one who makes the playing of a game his life's work, and is believed to have an unfair advantage over a man who is playing the game merely for the sport's sake. A man who has played four years has had more experience and should be better equipped...
...ringer," is to all intents and purposes a professional, because he is making athletics his one aim in life, and he should therefore be debarred. Thus all eligibility rules point toward the same end. But if a student in a graduate school stands in the athletic world on an equal footing with other athletes; if by playing him our university teams are not taking an unfair advantage over their opponents, the men in graduate departments should be eligible to play...
...evade these rules any more than a young student just out of preparatory school. I admit that men in graduate departments are usually older than men playing on college teams, but I consider this advantage a perfectly fair one, because college teams do not consider themselves on an equal footing with university teams. Every player on a university team considers it a personal disgrace to be beaten by a college team, whereas a college team generally expects to be beaten. This shows that there must be a difference in the personnel of a college and university team. The mere fact...