Word: ties
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...conditions prescribed in the official announcement are as follows: The intercollegiate cup now held by Malcolm G. Chace of Brown will be contested for. This cup eventually goes to the college which first wins seven first prizes; in case of a tie, second prizes to count. A first and also a second prize in both singles and doubles will be awarded...
...interesting to see that the principle has met approval elsewhere. We are not ourselves convinced that the principle is altogether feasible: it is certainly best, all things considered, to select such grounds as will give gate receipts large enough to make private subscriptions to the teams unnecessary; and tie games cannot well be played on the grounds of either of the competing teams...
...regard for business management, it is practical to approach the ideal more nearly than has been done in the past. The games in New York are recognized to be of very questionable value to college athletics, and the innovation, suggested by the Harvard management this year, of playing a tie game on the grounds of another college, was well made. The success with which this was realized will, we are confident, cause many other college games to be arranged on the same plan...
...idea of the relative strength of the different college nines can be obtained from a comparison of the games played, the following table may be of some interest. Brown has practically finished her series. Yale plays her deciding game with Princeton tomorrow and will probably not play off the tie with Pennsylvania. Harvard has still her Yale games to play. It must be remembered that Harvard has played the last three games under unfortunate conditions...
...game with Brown this afternoon is the last to be played by the nine until they meet Yale next week. It is important to win it because otherwise the series with Brown will end in a tie, and because its result will have an effect on the spirit with which the nine will enter the Yale game...