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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...reached by which a dual league in all branches of athletics was to be entered into for a term of years, without any other announcement to the public than the publication of the indenture when signed. It was expressly understood, on the suggestion of the Harvard men, that no letter should be written by either side. The agreement was to be left exactly as if it had been brought about as the result of a perfectly friendly meeting between representatives of the two universities. The Harvard men undertook to get the assent of the requisite authorities to give it validity...
...been repeatedly intimated to me of late that Harvard men have been in doubt as to the meaning of a letter sent by me to you last spring, in reference to football. I wish Yale's position to be clearly understood, and now address this letter to you in order that no possible ambiguity may remain. There is a pride Yale will not pay for college sports. She considers them worth preserving with competitors in whose sportsmanship she has confidence, and who have reciprocal confidence in her sportsmanship. This also means her clean, honorable, forbearing rivalry on every field...
...believed that this plan would meet the requirement that Yale should write first and these letters were then submitted to the chairman of the Harvard Athletic Committee. He desired, after full conference, a day to consider them and to confer with certain persons, and the next evening refused to allow the compromise to be effected in this manner. This result was reached on Tuesday evening of last week. At the last moment certain prominent Harvard alumni in New York offered to write to Captain Thorne a letter urging him to write some kind of a letter to Captain Brewer...
...other course was to call the Harvard captain's attention to the charges and insist that Harvard's position with regard to them should be fully and fairly stated before football was played again. The latter course, as being the most courteous, was taken, and Captain Thorne's letter, referred to as "famous" by the Harvard Athletic Committee was written before any challenge was received. So much misapprehension exists with regard to that letter and it has so frequently been called a demand for an apology that it is well to reprint...
...following is a copy of the letter which speaks for itself...