Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...following articles shall hereafter regulate contest between the students of Harvard and Yale Universities in base ball, football, rowing, and track and field athletics, for the three years 1890-92 [or until the expiration of nine months after notice by either university of its desire to withdraw from this arrangement...
...earnest remonstrance is necessary. It is the duty of the Athletic Association to see that the men who enter compete. The fault does not lie with the officers of the association altogether, and perhaps not at all. The greater part of the blame certainly falls upon the men who withdraw. If they enter merely to have their names printed in the program, they are influenced by a mean motive; if they back out because they are afraid of some presumably superior athlete, they are influenced by a still meaner motive. They ought not to sign unless they intend to compete...
...heavy-weight wrestling went to W. H. Shea, '92, on a walkover, as J. H. Alward, L. S., had to withdraw owing to an injured hand...
...writing,- "Without any agreement or any red tape we have a league de facto." Unfortunately, we have no league in any sense of the word. In the present athletic crisis we need some definite understanding with Yale assuring annual contests between the two colleges. We cannot afford to withdraw finally from the Intercollegiate Athletic association without making some provision for future contests in a New England league or with Yale. The uncertainty in regard to this branch of athletics ought to cleared up. In other branches the need of a definite agreement may not be so pressing, but even...
...cycling in this country it is rather surprising that the club is not more thought of than it is. Up to this time bicycle races have been rather unimportant events in the Mott Have games, but the bicycle club of this college bids fair to become strong enough to withdraw from the H. A. A. altogether and flourish independently as an athletic organization...