Word: footing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...crews and teams are to be chosen, is unattainable, and it seems inadvisable to strain after it in minor respects while ignoring the more important differences which are obviously unavoidable. The committee cannot see the justice of imposing such regulations as are suggested upon the crews base-ball nines, foot-ball, lacrosse and cricket teams, while at the same time no special mention is made of the general field of athletics, such as running, jumping, all of which enter into inter-collegiate meetings...
...That no college organizations shall row, or play base-ball, foot-ball, lacrosse, or cricket, except with similar organizations from their own or other institutions of learning...
...regard to this rule, we must object strongly to a limitation, which, if enforced, would deprive our crew of the right of rowing an amateur race with such crews as that of the Union Boat Club of Boston, or the Narragansetts: which would deprive our foot-ball eleven of the privilege of playing games with amateur elevens from Canada, or even with a picked eleven composed of graduates from this college; our base-ball nine from playing with the Beacons, (with whom an annual series has been played in past years), our cricket eleven from playing with the amateur elevens...
...That all inter-collegiate games of base-ball, foot-ball, lacrosse, and cricket shall take place on the home grounds of one or other or the competing colleges...
...general participation of the students in these games is limited. Our grounds are now so small that every absence by the regular team is eagerly seized upon by the students to get up games between classes, societies, club tables, etc. In the spring and fall there is scarcely a foot of available ground which is not taken up for some sort of athletic sport, and everything which tends to prevent the overflow to other grounds limits the pursuit of the sport...