Word: rightly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...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...
...that Chainey was incompetent. Cook, however, returned to Philadelphia, where he remained three weeks, when he received a letter from Captain Cowles, which stated that things were going from bad to worse under Chainey's coaching; that the men were demoralized and discouraged, and that unless something was done right away, the exhibition of Yale's oarsmanship at New London would be a disgraceful one. He came on to New Haven and found that all the criticism that had been made upon the demoralized condition of the crew was true, and that Chainey was thoroughly incompetent. He advised, therefore...
...which would mar the good temper and spirit of friendly contest which has heretofore characterized the "amateur" ball games. The action of one of the nines in claiming a forfeiture on Monday last, when the game had been postponed by the manager of the university team, who possessed the right to do so, was uncalled for, and cannot be defended. The game will no doubt be played off to the satisfaction of both nines, and we trust that the result will be acquiesced in by all without any further discussion...
...right method to pursue to keep the work of the crew a profound secret to outsiders until, say, within one week of the race, and if any possible good can be expected from such a method, everybody would gladly acquiesce for the sake of expected success, but whenever a member of the crew is asked a question, mysterious winks and dubious monosyllabic replies are all the satisfaction usually obtained. When the university crew is beaten in a two mile race by a class crew, no explanation is offered and the old, old threadbare subterfuge is adopted, the blind, unreasoning method...
...seems strange that the faculty should have made a unanimous bona-fide declaration of trust in us. As to our complaint of officiousness, this is a free country If anybody without due authority from the United States, the state, the city, the faculty, or the students, assumes the right to control us, I think that to most people he would seem officious. And now I will try to answer the last charge against us, - that we are afraid of responsibility...