Word: sports
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...subject of Yale and Harvard withdrawing from the league and playing 10 games - five at Yale and five at Harvard - is thought a good scheme in New Haven, and one that would create an extraordinary interest in the sport and be of great financial advantage. The president of the Yale team thought favorably of it, and one prominent athlete is of the opinion that if Harvard was similarly inclined, Yale would almost unanimously vote to join her. - Boston Herald...
...been such that at times we have felt as injured parties generally do - that we have had the worst of several disputes, and for our voice in the matter we think Yale does not wish to complicate herself in any more schemes which possibly may result to her disadvantage. Sport is broad, and the fairness and impartiality which inspires other branches of our greater universities should be cultivated in the athletic department as well...
...handicapped men who might wish to enter not only the feather-weight, but also the light-weight contests. A number of arguments have been urged, to be sure, against having any boxing on a Ladies' Day, the chief of which was that no lady could with propriety witness the sport. Such an argument is, we may say, puerile; for a feather-weight match properly conducted is merely a display of dexterity and grace, attributes which our fair friends are especially quick to admire, and with justice as well. If any lady, however, is so weak as to be frightened...
...application from Lehigh for admission was refused, on the ground that she has not as yet shown proficiency enough in the sport, and laid over till the following year...
...into practice this winter, it is now so late in the season. Therefore let the directors of the H. A. A. and the officers of the Base-ball Association talk the matter over and see to it that proper arrangements be made before next winter for the sport. In the first place Holmes field should be fenced in on the west side as it is on the south, in order that the ice may be used by students only and by them on presentation of the H. A. A. ticket at one of the two entrances. Convenient means must...