Word: fairs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...onside kicking, drop kicking, long distance and short distance place kicking, and will be awarded on October 15, to the men who prove themselves continually from now until that date to be the best men. The contest is extended through this time in order that it may be perfectly fair, and that every man may have an even chance and not lose...
...Freshman baseball team won its first game of the season with Browne and Nichols School, yesterday afternoon by the decisive score of 14 to 2. The Freshman battery far excelled that of their opponents. At the bat, however, the Freshmen, though fairly effective, were not as strong as they should have been against such week pitcher. The fielding of both teams was only fair...
...Yale meet, however, the outlook is different. Yale's strength is not so easily estimated as Harvard's as Yale is relying more on new men, of whose abilities there has an yet been no sufficient indication. Not till after the meet between Yale and Princeton can any fair forecast be made. Harvard has available for this year's team men who won 39 points against Yale last year, while Yale has back winner of only 26 1-2 points. On the other hand Yale has had the more successful indoor season this year. The 1910 men available for both...
Personally, I must acknowledge that I am more partial to the major sports; but this lack of fair play is what brings forth my protest. Is the man who runs on the track every day during the winter supposed to do his college work conscientiously, while the basketball player neglects his? Such a supposition is ob- viously absurd. Either both athletes will study, or both will not do any work. If one has to give up his athletics while the other keeps on exercising, the result would be that he who had no incentive to keep off probation would...
...place in which to practice, as would be the University football team if it were confined throughout its season to the baseball cage. Yet swimming has actually done a great deal for the individuals who have tried for the team in the way of pleasurable exercise and a fair spirit of competition...