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...morning, is admirable. Any sport with the strong attraction that football has should be enjoyed by as many participants as possible. From the nature of the game few men of light and intermediate weights can safely or profitably play football, yet there are numerous gridiron devotees who tip the beam below the University average. Wrestling, boxing, and rowing are conducted in avoirdupois divisions with beneficial results for light men; why not football...
...done more than any other living man to make Harvard the greatest of American universities find a sympathetic echo in the hearts of hundreds of men whom we believe more truly represent the sentiments of undergraduates than the noisy group who refuse to see the beam in their own eye, and the reply of whose champion is only in truth a corroboration of Dr. Eliot's criticisms. Instead of a crawling retort, let us frankly admit that we share the regret that an element among us does exist so lost to any sense of personal decorum that they constantly imperil...
Bantam-weight, 115 lbs.; feather-weight, 125 lbs.; lightweight, 135 lbs.; welterweight, 145 lbs.; middle-weight, 160 lbs.; light heavy-weight, 175 lbs.; and over. No variations in weight will be allowed; any man tipping the beam at the stated weights being moved up into the next class...
...featherweight, 125 lbs.; light weight, 135 lbs.; welterweight, 145 lbs.; middle-weight, 160 lbs.; light heavyweight, 175 lbs; heavyweight, 175 lbs. and over. This year the regulations as to weight will allow no variations. When the men are weighed in, on the day of the match, the beam of the scale will be set at 115, 125 or whatever the class may be. Any man who tips the beam will be automatically moved to the next class higher...
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine...