Word: clear
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that but four-oared boats represented the two clubs. The wish now is to enter an eight-oar with coxswain against your full University boat. Since there is no possible arrangement by which a crew from Harvard can be in England before the latter part of July, it is clear that in the event of any challenge, Oxford in using her right to name time and place must appoint no date earlier than the 1st of August. It is a thorough appreciation of all the discomforts and annoyances so late a time will of necessity bring to your crew, which...
...until she has defeated her in an eight-oared race. Yale and Columbia are equally anxious to have a race with Harvard, and let the winner of the race go to England as the "champion" college crew. What the "championship" has to do with it is not very clear. If Cornell considers herself the "champion" of American colleges, she is perfectly welcome so to do, and no one will care to dispute her title. Harvard has now beaten Yale for two consecutive years in an eight-oared race; therefore Yale is out of it entirely as far as the "championship...
...meeting in Lower Holden Wednesday evening was called to ratify the action taken by those members of the Boat Club who were present at the dinner. Considerable uncertainty was manifested as to what was really said and done at that dinner, but the Secretary's report gave a tolerably clear idea of the transactions. Cornell's challenge was accepted on these conditions: that the race be rowed at New London within one week of the Yale race, and that the same rules hold that governed the Saratoga regattas as to what constitutes a "University crew...
...look down in your clear, bright stream...
...Yale delegates, who did not appear till 3.30, Harvard and Princeton discussed the subjects of the number of men to compose a team, fifteen or eleven; and how many touchdowns should equal a goal, if any. Some points in the rules were changed, where the meaning was not sufficiently clear. It was agreed to play fifteen men, to have four touchdowns equal a goal; but in case one side obtained four touchdowns and their opponents a goal, those having the goal to win the game. Further, that we should make alternate visits, one year to Princeton, and the following year...