Word: pay
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large lot of lacrosse sticks, Flannery's make, have arrived and can be obtained at 39 Thayer between 11 and 12 today. All toes who have tickets which they took for the game on Saturday, are requested to pay for them at the same time...
...decidedly shabby performance, by the way, was gone through with by the Harvard management in regard to the financial part of this game. It seems that in arranging for the game at Cambridge a telegram was sent promising one half the receipts to our eleven, and also promising to pay one-half their expenses to Cambridge. When it came time to adjust the money matters the Harvard management would not admit that any such promise had been made, and it was not until the telegram was referred to that they finally decided to keep their agreement...
...Hartford, to reach which from Cambridge takes four times as long as from New Haven. It is obvious that the gate receipts at the base ball grounds in Providence would have been much larger than at Hartford. Yale had the choice of Cambridge, Springfield and Providence. We agreed to pay one half her expenses and divide gate money if she came to Cambridge. She chose the former, and as her choice was free we are not indebted...
...this, but named Spring field or Cambridge as the only two places where they would consent to play. This was a delicate way of obliging our team to play at Cambridge for the simple reason that the receipts at Springfield would have been by no means sufficient to pay expenses ; while at Cambridge they were reasonably large. It is worthy of notice also, that no offer was made to pay half the expenses of our team to Cambridge, although in view of the fact that the Harvard team had no travelling expenses to pay, and yet were to share equally...
...such a position, if any one was, leads us to believe that such a director cannot be found. Different instructors for the different sports will have to be engaged as hitherto, if Harvard intends to have her athletics looked after. College graduates are not likely to accept the small pay which such instructors would get, unless they may have some other occupation at the same time. Would it not be better then, to decide, once for all, to allow professional coaches of respectable character to be employed in those branches where there is obvious need of instruction...