Word: sports
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lacrosse management is already busy in bringing out the lacrosse talent of the college. The recently-won championship has created new enthusiasm for this sport, and Harvard will have a struggle to regain the pennant...
Voted, 3. To re-affirm and adopt the following regulations on athletic sports 1. No match games, races or athletic exhibitions shall take place in Cambridge, except after the last recitation hour on Saturday, or after 4 p. m. 2. No college club or athletic association shall play or compete with professionals. 3. No person shall assume the functions of trainer or instructor in athletics upon the grounds or within the buildings of the college without authority in writing from the committee. 4. No student shall enter as a competitor in any athletic sport, or join as an active member...
...Wednesday with the University of Pensylvania. Philadelphia is the home of cricket in the United States, and we may therefore expect to meet formidable opponents. It is only by faithful practice that Harvard can hope to make a favorable showing. Now, if ever, in the first years of this sport, is the time when Harvard must decide whether or not it will take the rank in cricket which it already holds in other athletics. And in connection with this, we should like to speak of another kindred matter. In the evening there will be a dinner given to the Pennsylvania...
...very large number of men to whom the tax of ten to twenty cents a day is a serious one. If the college authorities wish to encourage general athletics, here is a chance to do so in a very effective way, at least as far as one branch of sport is concerned. It is a pretty hard case when a man has to be sure of having fifteen cents in his pocket before he can indulge in one of the simplest and pleasantest ways of getting regular outdoor exercise. We hope that the officers of the Tennis Association may make...
...glad to see such a friendly rivalry as now exists so well established, and though a shooting match may not create as much enthusiasm as a base-ball game, certainly the enjoyment of those who take part in it is fully as keen as in any other sport. The dinner which was tendered the visiting team last night denotes a spirit of friendship which always adds to the pleasure of a successful trip, and the pop of the champagne cork undoubtedly did much to recall the experiences of a pleasantly spent afternoon...