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...real desire to play, why did not Yale so express herself on the evening of the day that the game was played, and not wait nearly a week before sending the challenge? It is contrary to precedent as well. Only last year there was a tie, but no one heard of an actual proposal for another game. We can see no possible claim that the Yale freshmen have now for urging the acceptance of their challenge, and we believe that '87 does entirely right in declining to play again...
...following account of the Yale-Princeton game is taken from the Sportsman, and is interesting as presenting a different version of the reported "slugging match" in which a Princetonian was figured as the aggressor. From what we have heard, the opposite would seem to be the case : "The Yale-Princeton championship game was kicked at the Polo Grounds, Saturday, Nov. 24. About six thousand spectators assembled to witness the game, which was virtually to settle the Inter-University championship. Most of these were college boys, and could be easily distinguished by their badges of blue, black and orange, crimson...
American every-day speech is full of curious expressions now-a-days when "slang" is so very plentiful, and some of these, while not in the slightest ungramatical, are yet always condemned as "Americanisms." Nearly every one from childhood has heard the name, "Americanisms" applied to certain words or phrases, and gradually everyone learns to feel that all expressions so stamped ought at least to be avoided if not suppressed. And yet there are but comparatively few people who know what an "Americanism" really is. In a recent article Mr. Richard Grant White in referring to them, answers the question...
...managers of our foot-ball eleven were surprised and not a little amused Friday at receiving a telegram purporting to come from the Columbia eleven, which stated that they had heard of the decision of our faculty and wanted to know whether they should come on Saturday or not. In view of the previous refusal of Columbia to play and the consequent forfeiture of the game to us, the utter absurdity of this communication is apparent at once. In excuse for Columbia however, it must be said that further inquiries by our manager soon gained us the information that...
...yards ranges, it should be stated that no thoughts of such long-range practice have been entertained by any one in any way connected with the club, and if the writer of the article in question had been present at last Thursday's meeting, he would have heard it stated that the matches for rifle competition would be shot at 100 and 200 yards range, in order to encourage those to whom rifle-shooting is a new experience...