Word: match
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...fixed on for the foot-ball match between Harvard and McGill University...
This reason why the games should not be played at Saratoga may be considered selfish, since we seem to begrudge the wicked minions of J. Morrissey the pleasure of seeing a base-ball match between men whom they cannot bribe; but there is another and a weightier argument against Saratoga. When this town was chosen for the boat-race, a great outcry was made, as everybody knows, that the upright boating lads would be corrupted by the evil influences of that sinful place. This objection, however, was groundless, since the strict training of the oarsmen would effectually prevent any dissipation...
...number of players on each side shall be not more than twenty, or not less than ten. The definite number to be settled by the Captains before each match...
...match shall last for three half-hours; it shall be decided by the majority of goals, or in the event of no goals being obtained by the majority of touch-downs; three touch-downs counting as one goal...
XVII. No hacking, or hacking over, or tripping up, shall be allowed under any circumstances. No one wearing projecting nails, iron plates, or gutta percha on any part of his boots or shoes, shall be allowed to play in a match...