Word: neutral
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should probably be prevented, by this rule, from playing some games with distant colleges, whose teams we could meet on grounds mid-way between both colleges. Deciding games, played on neutral grounds, would be contested under conditions more equal to both sides, and much time might be saved by shortening the distance to be traveled. Again, the grounds of some colleges-Brown University, for instance-are very poor, and we can see no objection to the use of other grounds near at hand, when available...
...resolution 6, I would remark that to most people who have attended inter-collegiate games, the choice of neutral ground would suggest the probability of a game fairer for both parties to the contest...
...agreed upon, and having broken her agreement, came up here to prevent the game from being forfeited. It is, thus, according to the original arrangement, Yale's turn to come to Cambridge. Our freshmen, however, not insisting upon this, have consented to play the game upon neutral grounds and suggested Providence, which although rightly nearer Harvard than it is to Yale, is certainly more nearly equi-distant than Hartford...
...referee shall be a graduate of some neutral college and each Boat Club shall name the referee in alternate years, Harvard naming him in 1883. This referee shall be chosen subject to the approval of both Boat Clubs...
...recent meeting of the Yale Boat Club, but not furnished for publication," say the News, "is that Yale regrets the peremptory tone of Harvard's last letter in intimating that Yale's reply would terminate the correspondence; that Harvard's refusal to abide by the decision of a neutral committee, should the two advisory committees fail to agree, does away with settling the matter by graduate committees; that Yale now agrees to send the president of the boat club and the captain of the crew to confer with the Harvard representatives, within two weeks, and to arrange the race...