Word: sure
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been in training this fall, was put in at bow yesterday, and DuBois was moved from bow to Glidden's place at 3. Although Morris is a very good oar, any change at so late a date tends to make the crew considerably slower. The race is sure to be well contested and is likely to be won or lost in the last quarter of a mile. The second crews are very evenly matched. The drawing for courses resulted in the Second Weld crew's getting the place next to the Beacon street wall, with the Second Newell, First Weld...
...tickets to undergraduates and graduates, as the sale outside of the University was limited principally to the parents and relatives of the students. I do not think even now that a large percentage of season tickets has gone to outsiders who have no interest in Harvard; but I am sure that all will agree, after the experience of this year, to some kind of a restriction...
While there is undoubted cause for complaint this year, there is also great exaggeration in the statements about the seats. It is to be regretted that tickets have found their way into the hands of the speculators, but I am sure that the number bears an exceedingly small proportion to the total number issued. The accusation that some of the players and coaches have sold their tickets to speculators is probably without foundation. When we consider that undergraduates have all been offered good prices for their tickets, it speaks well for their sense of honor that so few of them...
While the advisability of admitting so many people to the game and taking in so large a sum of gate money is questionable, the intention has been to make sure that every graduate and undergraduate should have a seat of some kind, and the aim of the management has not been mercenary...
Daly, quarterback, lacks judgment in selecting his plays and is not sure in his tackling and backfield work. He runs so slowly that his interference loses effectiveness...