Word: offer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...banner is offered this year to the club winning the largest number of points as it is contrary to the rules of the A. A. U. to offer prizes of this sort. On account of the costly prizes offered and the small limit in the handicap races, the champions of the different eastern athletic clubs will compete, but the Harvard athletes should make special efforts to carry off the majority of the prizes. The Harvard officers of the meeting are L. G. Lathrop, timekeeper; J. H. Hunt '92, inspector; R. B. Beals '94, assistant clerk of course...
...games which are in progress between the chess clubs of Harvard and Yale, there are two games now being played by mail between Yale and Princeton. Yale was the challenger, and Princeton after holding a college tournament to decide upon three men to conduct her moves, accepted the offer and began playing. Already five moves have been made. These are the first games between Yale and Princeton since 1889 when Princeton was the winner...
...Phillip S. Maxom, D. D., pastor of the Commonwealth Avenue Baptist Church Society, has received an offer from the theological department of the University of Chicago...
DEAR SIR - I have the acceptance of our challenge to you in my possession and at a meeting of the club held last night, we saw no reason why the games should not commence at once and would only offer the suggestion that the time limit be twenty-four hours, after receiving the opponent's move. Sundays shall count as no days and your mid-year examinations, also, if you so desire...
...competitive designs for the chess cup will be handed in by Feb. 1st, and the award made soon after. Meanwhile I shall try to send you the different sets of rules under which the recent tournaments have been played, so that you take into consideration the various points and offer suggestions concerning them. The especial points which the committee are thinking over are whether one or more candidates should come from any special department, also how many games should be played. It wants as broad a representation as possible and a good sure test...