Word: football
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...FOOTBAL...
...perfectly true that the present system of high-pressure football thrown on the altar of the golden calf, is not an ideal one, either from the general standpoint of sportsmanship, or from the point of view of the players. Nevertheless, it is equally true that the system has advantages, that it permits a greater expansion of lesser sports, and that in any case, it will not be altered until the Athletic Association places all sport on a sound financial basis. If and when the football system goes, West Point, since it is an unsuitable match for Harvard from the standpoint...
...announcement was not official since the Harvard authorities had been hoping to withold it until the footbal banquet on Friday evening but the news broke out yesterday afternoon and, although at first categorically denied by the Athletic Association, was later confirmed as authoritative...