Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Regulation of Athletic Sports. commonly known as the Athletic committee, the writer goes on to explain the duties of the graduate treasurer, and the causes which led to the establishment of that office. After a short notice on the affairs of the athletic association, comes a complete statement of the financial condition of the football association, which is as follows...
...other games of the team merely paid expenses, and have not been included in the treasurer's statement, although they would appreciably increase the expenditures and receipts. From the above statement it will be seen that, after deducting the $1,500 reserve permitted by the rules of the Athletic committee, the FootBall association will turn into the hands of the graduate treasurer the magnificent surplus of nearly...
...statement appeared recently in New York and Philadelphia papers in which it was alleged that certain inducements had been extended to me by a prominent Harvard base ball official to enter the Harvard Law School and play on the Harvard base ball nine and foot ball eleven. Though the name of Linn of the Harvard nine was not mentioned, he has seen fit to deny that overtures were made by him. Under the existing circumstances, therefore, it seems desirable to state the existing basis of the statement in the papers. Inducements of the character mentioned- a scholarship and pecuniary compensation...
...name his man, and from what I have been able to learn as above stated I am led to believe that what Mr. Ammerman says of himself is true that "he takes no interest in college athletics," and also that there is no importance to be attached to his statement which is not worth the discussion it has caused...
...conclusion it seems that either there was a deliberate attempt made by certain persons to throw discredit upon Harvard by concocting this story-or if there be any truth in Mr. Ammerman's statement that he was made such an offer (in its nature hardly flattering to himself). in the light of the evidence on the subject it would seem more probable that the tempter was an imposter making these advances under the guise of a Harvard man, with the deliberate purpose of subsequently making capital therefrom, than that Harvard athletics were responsible...