Word: championship
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view of the present dispute over Yale's claim to the base-ball championship, I take the liberty of proposing the following plan to the consideration of our base-ball men, not with the intention or expectancy of originating anything new, but with the hope of drawing out expressions of opinion from others, and in this way of accomplishing the desired...
Third, That the championship shall be awarded to the club having the largest percentage of games won, or, in case of a tie, to the club having the greatest number of games won, or, in case of a still further tie, to the club having the greatest number of series...
Fourth, That each club, in order to have its claims to the championship considered, must have played at least one-half of the number of games in the series with each member of the League, i. e. if the series consists of three games, Harvard must have played at least two games with each of the other clubs...
Fifth, That the members of the Executive Committee shall arrange with the captains of the various nines a schedule of games, and at the end of the playing season shall settle all disputes and award the championship to the winning club...
This is, of course, only a rough draft of a plan which seems eminently practicable. It will be seen that by this system the championship question will be settled once for all, that we shall have more regularity in the arrangement of games, and hence there will be increased interest in our national game. As regards the expensiveness of this scheme, it must be said that only two meetings of the Executive Committee will be necessary, and, as the expenses will be divided among a number of colleges, they will be of little moment compared with the advantages...