Word: loses
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...under "Laws of Athletics," says: "The contestant shall inform himself of the time at which he must compete and will report promptly." This will be interpreted to mean that an event will not be delayed for tardy competitors. If they are not in time they will lose their opportunity to contest...
...Yale men next November in a spirit of generous rivalry. If, however, the feeling at New Haven is such that Yale is unwilling to arrange a game with Harvard for next autumn, the Committee can only express the general regret of Cambridge men that the two colleges must lose this opportunity of showing that they have the will and the ability to play football with each other in a friendly and sportsmanlike spirit...
...hard to feel very much sympathy with Ninety-eight for the share they have in the penalty imposed by the Athletic Committee; they have fairly deserved all they got; but the rest of the College must unfortunately suffer with them. Ninety-seven have nothing now to lose, and so escape from the general penalty of which they would properly pay a good part. The two higher classes, though they have had nothing to do with and objectionable demonstrations, are nevertheless compelled to give up the satisfaction of settling what promised to be the most exciting championship series of many years...
...than of too little. The supporters of the class nines too often let their feelings of partisanship get the better of them. They encourage or discourage the different players with extreme personalities which would be far more in place in the scrub championship, and through their eagerness, doubtless, to lose no point in the play, often crowd so closely upon the field as to interfere seriously with the game. Nothing could be farther from our wish than to see the enthusiasm checked which is the life of the class games, but this over-zealousness which threatens to be the death...
...never become as much a part of Harvard as Holmes Field has always been. One crosses between it and the Yard in a minute, and without leaving the University grounds. The Yard itself scarcely belongs more peculiarly to Harvard men than does Holmes Field; yet they are apparently to lose the latter before the loss is necessary. Students will probably always be reluctant to acknowledge the necessity for change; at least, then, until necessity is asserted, it seems far too harsh a measure to insist on the abandonment of Holmes Field...