Word: news
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...touching bit of news: Since the formation of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association, the first prizes have been divided as follows: Columbia, 41; Harvard, 40; Princeton 26; U. of Penn., 21; Yale...
Annual joke in the Yale News: The game at Harvard was lost by the Yale freshmen simply from over-confidence and sheer carelessness...
...Yale News comments severely upon our statement made some time ago that the Yale-Harvard freshman game played here this spring was the "fence" game. As far as we can learn from the highest authorities at Yale, "fence" games are games that Yale wins, while all games that are lost by that college, are "no-fence games." We hope that now we are on the right track, and that we will hereafter make no mistakes in regard to this much contested subject...
...very noticeable that the Yale News is at present pursuing the policy - which is the policy of their athletic organization - of using undue persuasion in the shape of lavish compliment, offers of high advancement, donations of old shells and so forth, to make proselytes for their athletic teams among the various schools. It is a very well known fact that the St. Paul's club and other clubs at Yale are deliberately formed for this purpose, and that graduates of the different schools are sent to make converts of the most valuable athletes left in them. Now, although Yale...
...sorry that the News has seen fit to take exception to the result of Saturday's games, as nothing can be gained for Yale by that action, except a reputation for disgruntled acceptance of defeat...