Word: mr
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...replied in the negative. This at once made the meeting an utter waste of time, as far as making arrangements with Yale was concerned, for her delegates could do nothing about playing with fifteen men until, they said, "a meeting of the College was called and the matter discussed." Mr. Camp, in behalf of Yale, challenged Harvard to a game with eleven men. This was flatly refused. Princeton, through Mr. Ballard, then challenged Yale to a game with fifteen men, which was declined by the latter...
...wrote down our reasons for preferring fifteen men to eleven, and agreed to present them to the College. We absolutely refused to play with less than fifteen, and until the matter has been settled in New Haven, no thoughts of a game will be entertained. The meeting then adjourned. Mr. Terry, of Amherst, was in Springfield to make arrangements for a game. The 9th of November was mentioned as the date, and Boston the place for the game. Amherst will play fifteen men, and four touch-downs equal a goal...
...three laps short on every man in the race. An endless wrangle immediately arose as to who had really won, every man of the thirty-nine insisting that he was the individual, and the race was finally declared void. In the same way arose an error by which Mr. T. H. Armstrong was credited, as we noticed in our last issue, with a "best-on-record" for three miles of 21 min., 17 sec, whereas we are now told that an error of 25 sec. was made, the true time being 21 min. 42 sec., or six seconds slower than...
...Mr. Ware was then elected Starter; Messrs. Twombley and Hooper, Time-Keepers; Mr. F. W. Thayer, Referee; Messrs. Butler and Danforth, Judges for Walking; Messrs. Wright and R. Trimble, Judges for other Events...
...meeting of the Athletic Association on last Tuesday evening was one of the largest business meetings which the organization has held. All the seats and the platform in Lower Holden were filled, and the standing-room was crowded. Mr. Thayer, '78, the President of the Association, called the meeting to order, and announced as the business of the evening the election of officers for the ensuing year. The Treasurer's report, presented by Mr. Burr, '79, was first read, and showed the Association was out of debt with a balance of more than fifty dollars on hand. This...