Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...catching and picking up grounders in the gymnasium at West Point. Last year the team was a good one, and nearly all who played in the principal games of the season are at the academy. New material of unusually good quality is also at hand, so that with a fair share of practice the cadets will have a strong team at the beginning of the season...
...varsity baseball candidates have now been practicing in the cage for about two weeks. The squad at the present time is so large that in order to give each man a fair trial it has been divided into two sections which practice on alternate days. So far the work in the cage consists of fielding grounders, sliding and base-running, followed by a short run and dumb bell exercise in the Gymnasium. As soon as the squd is reduced to a convenient size, the men will have a little practice in batting...
...Fair Harvard...
...amateur is one who plays purely for love of the sport; a professional, one who plays in part for gain. This, as has so often been said, confines amateurism to the wealthy, and makes 'athletics' simply a pastime of the rich. Undoubtedly from his standpoint Whitney is right and fair in his anthems; but it is also right and fair to admit the existence of another standpoint...
...prove unable to restrain themselves. Now, however, the purpose of punishmen is more justly to inculcate self-control, the rule of moral force. With this object inview, of calming stubbornness, and appealing to prisoners through hope rather than fear, the Elmira reformatory system has been introduced and bids fair to become a success, so far as may be expected of any remedy for the disease of crime. At Elmira every effort is made to find the weak points of each prisoner and to strengthen him by striet discipline and training, morally, mentally and physically. His progress is carefully watched...