Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been practically agreed upon. They will be in almost all respects the same as the rules which governed the Harvard-Princeton game. The ball must be touched to the ground when received by a back from a punt, before it can be advanced. The rule in regard to a fair catch remains unchanged...
...Fair Exchange," A. Foxcroft...
...print today can have been prompted only by extreme malevolence. Accusations directed against Harvard as a rich man's college we have before this heard with contempt, but we know of no paper which has hitherto allowed itself such utter license in attempting to sully what is most fair in the reputation of our University, as that in which the Illustrated American indulges: "It were better for the life and morals of Boston that Harvard College were under the sea;" and again, "The effect of Harvard on the morals of Boston is about the same as that of a standing...
...most everybody agreeing that there was a decided fall-off in the work of the men as compared with previous games. Much of this criticism has been too severe, though the team's work is undoubtedly not altogether satisfactory. The following from the Evening Telegraph is, we think, a fair and just criticism of the work of the men as shown by the Brown game...
Harvard punted and Princeton returned, the ball coming to Princeton's 40 yard line. Brewer here tried a place kick from the 40 yard line on his fair catch. But the result was considerably different from that of the Cornell game. The ball went along the ground into the Princeton line, and Brewer after it. This play netted five yards but was not what was intended...