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Professor Ames would there fore have let matters rest for the present where they were, but for the fact that he soon after received a letter from Captain Brewer who, not unreasonably, desired to complete his schedule of games, so that he might proceed without further delay to confer with his competitors as to certain changes in the rules and conduct of the game, on the lines indicated in the letter of March 19 from the Harvard Athletic Committee to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
Before this letter was sent, however, Mr. Alfred Cowles, the old Yale oarsman went to the summer home of Professor Ames at Castine, to confer with him further upon the question. Professor Ames repeated to Mr. Cowles the substance of what he had said to Mr. Adee, and refused to make any overtures to Yale in the matter. He felt that Yale must send an invitation to Harvard to meet her in football, before Harvard could agree to play. He did say, however, that he would do nothing further in the matter until the college year opened and the undergraduates...
...discuss the football situation. There were present at the meeting about thirty men, most of whom represented some branch of athletics. It was discussed at the meeting whether Harvard could in any way withdraw from the position she had taken with regard to football, either by retraction of the letter written by Dr. Brooks, or by making overtures of any nature to Yale. It was decided then that the only sportsmanlike thing for her to do was to stand by the position she had taken in the letter sent by her Athletic Committee to Captain Thorne of Yale...
...FRED W. WHITAKER, of Whitaker and Co., Tailors, 43 Conduit Street, London, W., has arrived at Young's Hotel, Boston, with special samples for winter. He will be there until October 12. Appointments by letter between hotel hours. Hotel hours...
...FRED W. WHITAKER, of Whitaker and Co., Tailors, 43 Conduit Street, London, W., has arrived at Young's Hotel, Boston, with special samples for winter. He will be there until October 12. Appointments by letter between hotel hours. Hotel hours...