Word: following
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...fact, has developed into the best nine Harvard has had for many years. The college has confidence in the men who make up the nine. The character of their work has been such as to inspire this confidence and such as future Harvard teams would do well to follow. It is by such earnest work, and not by the mere playing of Intercollegiate games, that the standard of athletics at Harvard is to be raised and to which we look for our future success...
Summaries of the events and winners follow...
...hard for us to see, we repeat, why Yaie should refuse to accept proposals eminently just, and should prefer to follow a contradictory course. That, however, is her business-not ours...
...committee. The next rule prohibits entirely from the inner grounds all except officials, members of press or competitors in events taking place. The 13th rule concerns the track, the 14th prohibits attendants from accompanying competitors in any part of a race. Rules about starting follow. In the 220 and 100 yds. courses are to be marked by stakes and cords, and in the longer races a competitor may change to inside when he is two strides ahead of man crossed...
Rules concerning fouling and finishing follow. In walking a third caution shall disqualify, excepting on last 220 yds., when disqualfication may take place without cautioning. Detailed rules follow, concerning hurdles, jumping, pole-vaulting, putting shot and throwing hammer. The framers of these rules seem to have appreciated the difficulties of determining whether a bicycle race is fair or not, as they have made the rule concerning bicycling very detailed. In fact, although it is all but impossible to prevent misunderstandings in our athletic meetings of any importance, yet such misunderstandings can hardly arise through an ambiguity or vagueness in these...