Word: mades
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Beck hall; from there along Mt. Auburn and Boylston streets to the bridge; then doubling, ran down to the Magazine street bridge, through Beacon park, Brighton, and North Brighton to the arsenal at Watertown, and from there through East Watertown to Brattle street, below Mt. Auburn, where they made the break...
...Gorham, '90, as master, started seven minutes later and followed the trail to Allston bridge where they were misled by an old trail and crossed the river. From Barry's corner they ran to the Brighton Abattoir and thence to Mt. Auburn cemetery where the break was made. The first hounds in were Sears, '91, and Manley, '93, who returned at 4.37, four minutes before the hares...
...there was a letter written, as the delegate to the Foot Ball convention said, what has become of it? To whom and by whom was it written? Mr. Ammerman does not mention a letter. The first article, (see above) said the offer was made by an influential member of the Harvard nine. The second article says it was a Harvard man, and Mr. Ammerman is not able to give his official connection with the Harvard association...
...attached to each and all of them is that the candidate must pass an examination at the end of his first year at the school. The scholarships were awarded in October of this year, a considerable time before Mr. Ammerman was "approached." The first article says the offer was made on November 14. The second says it was early in November. November 14 was the day but one before the Harvard Princeton game, hardly time enough to put a new man on the team...
...conclusion it seems that either there was a deliberate attempt made by certain persons to throw discredit upon Harvard by concocting this story-or if there be any truth in Mr. Ammerman's statement that he was made such an offer (in its nature hardly flattering to himself). in the light of the evidence on the subject it would seem more probable that the tempter was an imposter making these advances under the guise of a Harvard man, with the deliberate purpose of subsequently making capital therefrom, than that Harvard athletics were responsible...