Word: play
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Haverford made a motion that hereafter only undergraduates should be allowed to play, but the motion was lost...
Harvard will play Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in May, and Haverford probably in Cambridge...
...recent concessions of the Athletic Committee have been such as to justify the confidence of the college in its establishment. The first important move was to allow the nine to employ a professional coach, and following close on its heels the permission to play with professional nines. Each step has been made in accordance with the universal desire of the undergraduates and at the request of the great majority of the alumni. But while the nine has been obtaining concessions which will enable it to stand a much better chance of winning against teams of other colleges, the captain...
...last the Athletic Committee has consented to allow the base-ball nine to play against professional teams by way of practice. Thus the desire not only of the students but of many of the graduates of the college has been granted. We all know what half a dozen practice games with professional teams would mean for us and we all appreciate and are grateful for the action of the Committee. If now we lose year after year as we have been losing, we can attach no blame to anybody but ourselves. Practically all restrictions have been removed and there...
...CREHORE, Captain.CONTESTANTS in the final round of the chess tournament are urged to play off their remaining games as quickly as possible. By order of the committee...