Word: fears
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...players in college. The mere winning of a prize is not the primary object for which the tournament was originated, but rather that all who enjoyed tennis might go in, try their luck, and have some sport. This spirit of dreading to pit oneself against a better player for fear of being beaten is entirely out of place here. However, those who have entered seem determined to struggle hard for the championship, and as the courts are now in prime condition and the weather promises to be fair for a few days at least, the games will probably be interesting...
...seats were found to be totally inadequate for the needs of the crowd coming out see the championship football games, and many and loud were the complaints on that score. The spectators will now have every opportunity of viewing a game with comfort, untormented by the constant fear of some rotten plank giving way under foot. We understand that the north side of the field will be improved in the same way, as the seats there are in an extremely dilapidated condition...
...intercollegiate league and it remains to be seen whether she can continue to hold her own. Only the most careful attention to work can enable her to do so; not the slightest means of improvement consistent with the restrictions of the faculty should be omitted. We have little fear on this score, but a word of warning is never out of place. Meanwhile, in thanking the nine, collectively and individually, for their splendid work thus far, we only voice the unanimous opinion of the undergraduates. May their future efforts meet with the same success, and may they capture the intercollegiate...
...understand it, the views of the faculty upon the subject are these: they object to our playing with professionals, as is well known, on the ground that they fear "contamination" and a "degradation of college spirit of honor and fair play." It is also well known that it is the desire of many of the faculty that intercollegiate sports should be narrowed down to contests between Harvard and Yale. This is the opinion of the conservative element. Having reduced the contests to Harvard and Yale, the faculty feel that they can bring sufficient pressure to bear upon the Yale faculty...
...team, consisting of E. Jones, (captain), R. Jones, Piper and Armory, intended to have gone into the Union sports last evening and had already entered, but Dr. Sargent, in the name of the H. A. A., forbade them to go for fear that the public would think they represented the University...