Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Harvard base ball grounds at the time of these early games were on the Delta, and it appears that they were very unsatisfactory, for they were not only very rough, but people were constantly using the paths, and getting in the way of the players, for the public did not understand the game as thoroughly as it does now, and did not treat the players with such respect. When Memorial Hall was built, however, the ground between "Becky Jarvis" field and Lawrence Hall, that is that part of it where the Jefferson Physical Laboratory now stands, was levelled and made...
...more important games of last season, there is scarcely an instance of rough, brutal, or unfair play. The report of the Athletic Committee in 1888, shows this often-disregarded fact: that out of 365 students who played foot ball during the two months, (165 of whom practiced every day) only seven received at all serious injuries. "Nor are those, that do occur, more lasting than some of the moral and mental injuries that the game helps to prevent...
...Sagas were stories, originally given orally, but afterward written out, which gave the authentic history of old heroes in the ninth and tenth centuries, in verse form. Of these sagas few remain. The manuscripts were kept so carelessly exposed to a rough climate that most of them have disappeared. One of the oldest and most interesting of the long sagas is the story of Egil...
...ball has been put in play, but that it doesn't and won't so long as each side owns half the ball. The protest against the illegal interference which is so characteristic of the present style of play and of the blindness of umpires to the fouls and rough play which abound in every game is also timely. The rules on these points should be enforced. They are not enforced because "the spirit which governs the game is not a proper one, and infringements of rules have become almost traditional." The welfare of the sport demands a change. There...
...downed. Ninety-three continues to rush the ball up the field, and at last Ellsworth scores a touch down. Goal by Duffield. Score, Ninety-two 12; Ninety-three 12. They start again in the centre and Newell is hurt, G. McKay taking his place. Weed is disqualified for rough play, and Greenough goes in to play. Time is called a short time after this with the ball in Ninety-two's territory...