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...strength and weight of the contestants. Strange as it might seem to the younger men, this fact was quite a revelation to some of the older men who had got all their ideas of foot ball from newspapers. He congratulated all Harvard men that they had proven the sport to be worthy of the best efforts of gentlemen. But, he added "one swallow does not make a summer," and he hoped that the hard work and enthusiasm which had won the victory were but an example to urge future generations of students to earn success by the same means...
...interesting discussion appears in the current issue of The Week's Sport on the future of intercollegiate athletics so far as Harvard is concerned...
...leagues large enough to settle definitely the "championship,"- a worthless tide at the best. It is not likely that Harvard will ever figure in intercoll grate leagues again; there seems to be a general sentiment again it among both students and the Faculty. But the writer in The Weeks Sport expects to see the restriction against playing in New York removed, and after that Harvard and Princeton again meeting in friendly contests...
...article in The Week's Sport, from which we have quoted to such an extent this morning, puts our action in withdrawing form the league in the proper light. The general feeling at Harvard is against all leagues, for we feel that leagues have never been beneficial, but have, on the contrary, been productive for the most part of discord. Leagues serve no purpose other than to provide for the general arrangement of games; these can easily be attended to each year, and considering the amount of underhandedness which leagues foster, Harvard is best off in her independent position...
...impossible that the sight of a game of this kind by a large number of students might lead to the introduction of the sport at Harvard...