Word: forfeits
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...case either nine fails to appear on the grounds on the day and hour named and agreed upon, unless the game has been postponed by mutual consent, the nine so failing to appear shall forfeit the game by a score of nine to nothing. This applies to the sixth game as well as to the others...
...singles of the tennis tournament yesterday the scores were as follows: Le Moyne won over Rathbone; Clark over Perkins, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3; Clark over Le Moyne, 6-1, 6-2; Butler pays forfeit to Winslow. The championship now lies between Clark and Winslow. The winner will then play Sears. When the singles shall have been played the doubles will begin...
...case are certainly such that Yale must have the sympathy of every fair-minded observer; for she had the best team in the field, and won by actual play one more game than Princeton did. But, until it is definitely decided in a formal convention whether Columbia forfeited its game of November 20 or not, we do not see how the title Yale claims can be allowed to her. If Princeton, after giving up (in the formal meeting at New York) all claim to the forfeit game with Columbia, and after agreeing to play a deciding game in place...
...held for the past three years. To us it seems that this decision is wrong. The facts are as follows: Princeton was champion last year, and has won two games and tied one this year. (This assumes that she will get a game from Columbia either by play or forfeit.) Yale has precisely the same score. Now, if the championship is something that is played for each year, and if the title to it ceases at the beginning of a new season, there are no champions now. If the championship is a thing which belongs to an individual...
Your parchment will I burn, - 'tis forfeit...