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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...first hurdle shall be placed 15 yards from the scratch, and there shall be ten yards between each hurdle...
With five teams - first round, 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 has a bye; second round, winner of first heat pulls with 5, and the winner of this heat pulls the final with the winner of second heat of first round...
With six teams - first round, 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6; second round, winner of first and second heats. Winner of this heat pulls the final with winner of third heat, first round...
...wish to congratulate the Rifle Club on their first victory over the Medford team, and at the same time express our regret at the result of the second match. Their victories and defeats are matters of much more interest to numbers of us than the team are likely to suppose; and though there may be some who were surprised at the first match, every one was sorry for the second. The record of the Club, however, has been so good thus far, that we are inclined to ask if a match with Yale cannot be arranged this year. The novelty...
...should quote the editorials in full, if they did not contain a most undignified personal attack, written probably without sufficient thought, and which it would do the Courant injustice to repeat. There are two editorials on the subject, probably written by different editors in different degrees of indignation. The first would have done very well by itself. Its author rejoices "in once more looking forward to a good foot-ball season," for the Courant's "love of sport overcomes any sentimental considerations," that is, any desire to play with elevens. He then criticises severely the action...