Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...snow Friday put the field in a very bad condition; but the energy of the managers of the association, with the help of a large number of students who volunteered their assistance, greatly changed its aspect before the hour of the game. The snow was entirely removed, and except for a little mud and water the ground was in first-rate condition, and the only effect of the weather was to reduce the number of spectators. Play was called about quarter past two, Harvard kicking off, having lost the toss. Princeton started off with a very sharp offensive game...
Besides, we are nearer a large city than any other university of the first class, except, perhaps, Columbia, and gain all the advantages, which are great, that can be gained from this. Taking all these points into consideration, Harvard should become more and more recognized not only as the leading college in the country, which position she already occupies, but as the leading graduate university, a position which the recent action of the faculty will go a considerable way toward securing...
...American Inter-Collegiate Association code. The English Association rules admit of no handling of the ball in "carrying" it - as in the case of a "run in" - "passing" it, throwing it or of "knocking on;" that is, batting it with the hands. It can only be kicked, except it goes out of bounds. Goals scored by a kick alone count in this game, there being no touchdowns in the score, and no goal can be scored from a "free kick." Under the Rugby rules a goal can be scored by any kind of a kick except that of a "punt...
Apollinaris water found to be flat should be returned at once, in which case another bottle will be sent up. The water is bottled abroad, and it is impossible, except by opening to detect imperfectly corked bottles...
...excellence of our nine's playing or wishes to see it equal that of a professional nine; all that the nine itself professes to care about, and certainly all that most of us want it to do, is to maintain a high position among college nines. Any other ambition, except to stand well in comparison with college competitors, is undesirable in any branch of athletics, for it tends sooner or later to turn sports into means of money-making. The death blow to college athletics is much more likely to come from professionalism than from faculty interference." This opinion...