Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first half with Harvard five birds in the lead. The second half was more spirited and both teams did much better shooting. Yale tried hard to overcome Harvard's lead but without success. The first round was a tie. A gain of two birds in the second round was offset by an equal loss in the third and the match closed with Harvard still five birds ahead. The following are the individual scores in detail. HARVARD...
...accordance with this rule Harvard has sent to Princeton the certificates of her own players, and at the same time has protested Princeton's men, her object being to obtain return certificates for the men whom Princeton intends to play next Saturday. The demand of Harvard does not offset professionalism at Princeton any more than it does at Cambridge, and seems, therefore, thoroughly fair and sportsmanlike. Harvard certainly is not desirous of exacting conditions from Princeton which she is not willing to fulfil her self. Because she cannot be injured by a challenge is no reason for calling her present...
...Last fall the rates for play were materially lowered. The system of season and coupon tickets was introduced, and has proved a great convenience to both players and managers. The reduction of rates caused a lessening in receipts, which was offset by greater economy in the management of the tournaments. The debt originally incurred for making the courts, has been reduced by $150 and now amounts to $250. The following is a summary of the accounts for the year...
...tunnel to be drilled through solid rock, high enough to allow there lower masts of a ship to pass under. This trunnel would have been very expensive, and it was also found that the expense that would have to be increased in sending down the topmast of vessels would offset the advantage gained by the canal, so the scheme was a bandoned. The plan of a ship railway was declared by engineers impracticable for mechanical reasons and by seamen, on account of the strain imposed on a vessels hull by lifting it out of water. The Panama canal has proved...
...Football Association began the year with a surplus of $1181. They have now outstanding debts amounting to $3379. To offset this there is the sum of $244 in the bank, and $1351 due to the association; this includes $900 owed from the Princeton game, which Princeton has up to this time neglected to pay. The association has therefore a debt of at least...