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...commend the article on foot-ball in Sunday's Boston Herald to the attention of our friends at Yale...
...foot-ball match to decide the class championship between the Harvard and Yale freshmen took place on Holmes field Saturday and resulted in a tie. The warmer weather of Friday gave the freshmen a chance to remove the snow, which threatened to interfere with the match, and by Saturday noon the ground was in fair condition. About 2.40 the ball was kicked off and by pretty rushing Harvard forced the ball well up to Yale's goal. Yale rallied, however, and carried it down the field by a pretty run of Peters'. Good rushing by Austin and Adams forced Yale...
...position of umpire seemed degraded to that of coach, and that the theory of the winning game was to violate rules at every available opportunity, and to physically disable antagonists regardless of the consequences. It is urged that if such practices are to continue year after year intercollegiate foot-ball games should be forbidden. The suggestion has been put forward that Yale should be shut out of the association; but, on the other hand, it is shown that it can hardly be entertained at a time when Yale is the champion, and the rules are open to easy amendment...
...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...
...general public is, we believe, under the impression that too much time is given to college sports by the bulk of our undergraduates in the great Eastern colleges. There never was a greater mistake. The fact is, there is far too little. The college base-ball, boating and foot-ball which make so much talk in the newspapers are shared in really by about two or three dozen young men in each college, whose expenses are paid by their fellows. All the 'athletic sport' that the great majority of the students get consists in the payment of money...