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...upper classes who have a taste for gymnasium work have exercised so long that there is not the same room for improvement in their case as in the case of those men who have taken but little regular exercise. With so large a number of entries the contest will doubtless be very close, and the result will be awaited with much interest...
...following expression of opinion by Turf, Field and Farm will be of interest : "The majority of the spectators who witnessed last Saturday's inter-collegiate foot-ball contest were probably not up in the rules of the game, and therefore were unconscious of the fact that Yale frequently and deliberately fouled her adversary. Those, however, who understood the rules must have been shocked at the illegal practices employed by the opponents of Harvard. Kicking the ball is foot-ball, but kicking and jumping upon an opponent is not included in the rules governing the game. Such practices as Yale adopted...
...employ. Had Harvard been in her place she would have undoubtedly used the same means to hold her advantage. But by this method should an inferior eleven chance by accident to score any point on more powerful adversaries, they might be able to hold their opponents, and win a contest which they in no wise deserved. This kind of game, then, must be ruled out before next fall, in order to make the games won, as far as possible, by the merits of the victors, rather than by their luck. The five-yards rule has worked well, and should...
...said," says the Yale News, "that the Harvard team have done well; they have brought honor to their college and they deserve the high place which they hold in the contest for the championship. They tried no block game when they found themselves unable to cope successfully, if fairly, with our men; they played for the sake of the game, like well-trained athletes, and for all they were worth...
When a team resorts to a violation of the rules to gain her advantage and trusts in maiming and defeating her opponents before the referee has time to impose the extreme penalty of removal, the game ceases to be one of skill and enjoyment and is no longer a contest between gentlemen. That the visitors brought a wonderfully powerful team will not be denied by a single supporter of the crimson, but this fact made their conduct all the more despicable. Had they played the friendly game that was shown in the contest with our Princeton rivals the game would...