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...NATURAL form of disapproval of the conduct of a visiting team or of some member of that team, is a tendency to hiss. Often when the contest is close and the crowd in a state of excitement, men will give vent to their feelings over some unfair play by roundly hissing the man who made it, However reprehensible his conduct may be, this way of condemning it is about as ungentlemanly as the unfair play itself. It certainly is against the spirit of the University. A visiting team no matter what its principles may be, must be looked upon...
...Yale men made a desperate and plucky fight for which they deserve much praise. The score does not indicate the closeness of the contest. Up to the last event but one, the outcome was in doubt, and we all were kept in a state of almost painful suspense. The Yale runners showed grit and perseverance and in spite of their defeat, did credit to themselves and to their university...
...Lathrop, whose skill has always triumphed over adverse circumstances, and we believe that they will bring honor to themselves and the University. There is no need to urge up on the team the necessity of working for every possible point. The men realize the closeness of the contest and will enter their respective events with a perfectly clear idea of what they must do and, do it we are confident they will...
...approach of the third annual contest between the track athletes of Yale and Harvard has been the cause of an endless amount of conjeeture upon the merits of the respective teams and the probable outcome of the games to be held on Holmes field to-morrow afternoon. The public performances of the different men afford the only means of comparing the merits of the contestants and many surprises may be in store for both teams, but it is with a keen appreciation of the uncertainty of predicting the outcome of the several events that this article is written...
...indifrent. Opposed to Yale's position is Harvard's request that a third game, if necessary, shall be played, when tie games are generally supposed to be played, that is, when it is evident that the superiority of one team over the other must be proved by another contest. We never heard of any other college beside Yale which objected to this order. The third point that stands out conspicuously is Harvard's sincere desire to make every possible concession to Yale, except that one which is manifestly so unreasonable. On the other hand, it is noticeable that Yale does...