Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Owing to the bad weather, which prevented observations last night and the night before, Professor Pickering has decided to open the Observatory to seniors again this evening, provided the weather is fair...
...been done for several years, it seems well worth while for all of the upper class nines to be got together as early as possible, play some practice games with outside teams, and go into the regular class series with enough preparation to make it a fair test of their abilities...
...fielding of the team was much improved, only one error being made-by Scannell on a throw to the plate. Dean showed up well, accepting all his five chances. The rest of the team had little to do. The batting was fair, six hits being made in three innings, two of them by Haughton, who lined out a pretty double to left field. Paine did not pitch especially well, striking out only three men, giving two bases on balls and allowing three hits. He made a timely hit, however, over second base, sending Stevenson...
Lehigh won their game through superior team play. Harvard's stick work and sprinting was fair but there was a noticeable lack of team work. The defense put up a good game, Sands blocking several shots at goal. Woods and Captain Burley also played well. Harvard's one goal was made by Burley on a pass from Ring. The score was five to one in Lehigh's favor...
...games a tie than win them on a foul. While it is of course, unfortunate that the result of the whole meeting should depend upon this, we feel that the protest and decision were perfectly just. All will agree that in order to make competition on the track fair there must be certain rules governing the contestants with this end in view; and if a man enters a race it is just as much his business to pass his opponents fairly as to finish ahead of them. If a Harvard man had been guilty of the foul we should have...