Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...done much to develope the science of the game, and for what she has done in this way she deserves all praise. But she has also done the game much injury, as our correspondent says, by making it unnecessarily rough and out of accord with the traditions and proper spirit of college sports. We know very well with what derisive jeers this opinion will be received at Yale, and how readily the taunt of effeminacy will come to the lips of the self-sufficient News; but, nevertheless, we believe our opinion is sound and reasonable, and is not sufficiently refuted...
...stand apart and form, as it were, an aristocracy of universities, the latter are separating themselves, not only from the true brotherhood of American collegians, but from the sympathies of the lettered public as well." We fear that the Athenoeum is somewhat precipitate in its generalizations. If such a spirit is arising we quite agree with our contemporary that it should be checked. But such considerations are beside the point at issue - as to the advisability of narrowing the college league. The Athenoeum mistakes when it says a trifle savagely and bitterly : "To discover which crowd can beat...
This then is Yaleism. It can only be defended by saying that "all's fair in war." But if our inter-collegiate sports are to be carried on in that spirit it will bring us to most lamentable methods. Deceit, bribery and downright lying are fair in war, but are these to be defended in our manly contests? How far Yale is justified is, however, not for us to discuss in the limits of this letter. We have merely set before your readers the inside workings of the Yale game as we saw them last Thanksgiving; the suspicions raised then...
...much upon our crew and lacrosse team for our victories; base-ball should again be brought to the front. Each year we see the championship snatched from us at the last moment owing to some unsteadiness arising from want of effectual practice, and from the absence of a spirit of confidence which can be acquired only by continua and spirited contests. Oftentimes our men do not seem to play to win, and become easily rattled. The cause is readily found in the spiritless practice and simple batting upon the field...
...this college strongly deprecates the useless and harmful bickering which unfortunately Yale, so far as it may be represented by the pugnacious News, seems inclined to resort to. Harvard simply believes that Yale played an unfair game in the late foot-ball contest, and one contrary to the spirit of the rules, and she will, we hope, insist that the rules shall be amended or such precautions taken as will in future prevent any recurrence of such a disgraceful exhibition as was witnessed on the twenty-fifth of last month. That Yale has the misfortune of being partially represented...