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...financial concerns of our various athletic associations, and especially of the boat club, are not and have not been managed with sufficient economy and care. The general opinion seems to be not that the management is needlessly or wilfully extravagant, but that the want of economy arises from the careless way in which expenses are incurred and accounts kept. The manager and captain are almost omnipotent in financial arrangements, and the mass of contributors have no opportunity whatever of passing judgment on the measures taken. At the end of the year accounts are audited by a committee and found...
...flaw in the contract with a railway company. In a case where one party to a contract is ignorant of the provisions of the contract is ignorant of the provisions of the contract, would the average man say that the ignorant party is careful or careless? If careless, is the carelessness real or only "apparent...
...what is called a full-pitched ball - that is, one which does not touch the ground before it reaches the bat. The cricketer can have but a poor eye, in fact, he must be but a poor player, who cannot hit such a ball; and though if he is careless about it, he may readily hit a catch, yet with a moderate amount of care he can hit a full-pitched ball not only easily, but safely. Now the English cricketers saw none but full-pitched balls thrown in the base-ball game they were watching, and yet to their...
...begrudge a suit, even though it does cost thirty-four dollars, to the nine, and its six substitutes, that have borne their defeat with such a manly spirit and are working so hard to retrieve their past misfortune. When we look to see the men despondent and careless they are cheerful and are working earnestly and faithfully. Surely we have not given our freshmen nine the credit that is its due. Some one who cherishes a petty grudge against Mr. Vila, the captain, suggests that the men in the nine have ceased to pay the slightest regard to training...
Yesterday afternoon Harvard was compelled to play her change battery and a substitute against the strongest college team outside of Yale, Princeton and Harvard. The result was fatal. The game throughout was played without snap or energy, the batting by Harvard was weak and careless, although many hits would not have been made in any event for Van Wormer pitched a fine game. Williams could not hit Bingham at all except Burden, whose batting was a feature of the game...