Word: letter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...publish to-day a letter from the manager of the Williams eleven, in which he attempts to disprove the charges which have been made against his college. It is most unfortunate that any trouble in the matter arose for Williams seems to have acted in good faith, even if that good faith was not made apparent to Harvard and her foot-ball management. However, the letter of the Williams manager speaks for itself. As stated yesterday, "Our readers can judge for themselves...
...misunderstanding evidently arose from a misinterpretion of the letter received by Harvard from Williams on September 30. The Williams manager, having two dates disengaged wrote this letter to Harvard, and a similar one to Yale, asking if they could play on either of the dates mentioned, and if so, what financial terms they would offer. These letters were not intended as offers to play on the days mentioned, but when the answers were received, stating the terms, Williams was at liberty to reject the offer of either or both of the colleges. 30th Harvard and Yale offered to play...
...letter to Harvard of Sept. 30, was so loosely worded as to convey the impression that it was a positive offer to play on the dates mentioned, the Williams manager was careless. Carelessness is, however, a very different fault from that with which Williams was charged at the base-ball meeting...
...freshmen are brought together by the necessity of making acquaintances and by the celebration of freshman victories, if there are any. During the sophomore year there is perhaps a reaction, but the Greek-letter societies encourage men to see something of one another. Remains for the juniors their class dinner...
...length of time which elapsed before the receipt of this telegram led us to believe that the game with Yale was not arranged until some time after they had our letter, signifying our willingness to play them on the date they had chosen. The fact also that Winston, Yale's trainer, was training the Williams team was significant...