Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doubtless the best men of those who are trying for the team, but there are some men training for the crew who have come here with wellestablished reputations as football players. I would in no way deprecate the necessity of early training for the freshman crew, but it seems to me that the class has a perfect right to ask that all its energy at present be devoted to football. The crew has a long time yet in which to train, while that of the eleven is daily growing shorter. Now that the class races are over, it would seem...
Within the last two weeks there has been a perceptible flagging in the interest of the college in the success of the eleven. This is noticeable particularly in the fact that oftentimes there are hardly enough men on Jarvis in the afternoon to give the 'varsity team practice. Men seem to have been discouraged from playing because they have not gone to training table with the first or second eleven and because their chance for getting on either of teams seems small. If this is the real cause of the falling off in the number of players who used...
...rowed on the crews was 70 per cent., that of base ball players 73 per cent, and that of those engaged in track athletics 76 per cent. The per cent. of athletes who graduated was greater than the per cent. for the whole University. These results whould seem to show that intercollegiate contests, when kept within reasonable limits, do not interfere with the general scholarship of educational institutions...
...football season has begun, and we shall have a steady list of casualties from now on. Princeton and Yale seem to have pretty well matched teams, and the championship will probably lie between them. What is the matter with the Harvard men? It is so long since they won anything except tennis games that the graduates are absolutely disheatened.-N. Y. Star...
...which the tournament was originated, but rather that all who enjoyed tennis might go in, try their luck, and have some sport. This spirit of dreading to pit oneself against a better player for fear of being beaten is entirely out of place here. However, those who have entered seem determined to struggle hard for the championship, and as the courts are now in prime condition and the weather promises to be fair for a few days at least, the games will probably be interesting and exciting throughout...