Word: mr
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Mr. Linn, the captain of the Harvard Nine, says in the letter printed herewith: "I have not made, and no one has been authorized by me, to make any offer whatsoever to Mr. Ammerman or to anybody else." Mr. Cumnock also makes denial for the Football Association. Mr. Ammerman, further, designates the person who solicited him simply as "a Harvard man," whose official connection with the Harvard Association he says, in the full text of the letter published herewith, he is unable to give. He refuses to confirm the original rumor that this person was "a prominent Harvard baseball official...
...find it difficult to weigh the value of Mr. Ammerman's statement, inasmuch as he declines to give any additional information. A member of this Committee, on seeing the original report of this transaction in the New York Herald of Nov. 16, wrote to Mr. Ammerman requesting further explanation. Mr. Ammerman receipted for the letter, but has made no reply. The alleged offer would constitute so serious an offence against good morals and college discipline that we regret that Mr. Ammerman has not seen fit to be more explicit. It seems likely that Mr. Ammerman has been imposed upon...
...evidence" further contains a letter written on April 11, 1889, by Mr. Stickney, who played on the Harvard Eleven this autumn, to Mr. Knowlton L. Ames at Princeton. The only part of this letter-which is printed in full herewith-which can possibly be adduced as evidence in support of the charge against the officers of the Harvard Association, is the following extract: "I am tutoring now at Cambridge with the idea of entering Harvard, and Cumnock thinks I am going to enter sure next year, but they don't seem to want to do much...
...following was the reply to Mr. Sticknev's letter, which we print in full. It was not included in the Princeton "evidence...
...DEAR MR. STICKNEY:-Was very glad to get your letter. I was away on our spring baseball trip, or your letter would have received a prompt reply. As to your coming down here I will tell you plainly, I will do all I can for you in every way, if you really wish to come. I can get your board, tuition, etc., free. The athletic men at Princeton get by all odds the best treatment in any of the colleges. I would like to talk it over with you personally. If you will accept an invitation from me to come...