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...association of any club which persists in ungentlemanly conduct in playing. An effectual provision was made against any repetition of the block-game, which nearly proved so disastrous to the foot-ball interests. Formerly a club could mass its players before the goal, and with an almost solid wall of crosses and men easily prevent a goal from being thrown. Thus the play would be protracted and an uninteresting game would be the result. Now the ??? is empowered when darkness comes on to give the game, in case of a tie, to the side which has shown the best play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LACROSSE. | 3/10/1883 | See Source »

...fourth annual meeting of the Inter-collegiate Base Ball Association was held in Springfield yesterday. Mr. Maxwell of Dartmouth called the meeting to order, the following delegates being present: Amherst, W. Z. Stuart, W. F. Wilcox; Dartmouth, A. A. Maxwell, F. M. Douglas; Brown, S. S. Greene, A. T. Wall; Harvard, A. Crocker, W. H. Coolidge; Princeton, J. S. Harlan, T. R. Wadleigh; Yale, A. Hubbard, C. H. Yates. The championship for 1882 was formally voted to Yale, and the secretary directed to forward to them the pennant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTER-COLLEGIATE BASE-BALL CONVENTION. | 3/3/1883 | See Source »

...over the garden wall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/17/1883 | See Source »

...Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, on Wednesday, February 21, at 6.30 P.M. All Harvard men from any quarter, whether members of the club or not, are cordially invited. The price of tickets for the dinner is six dollars. Tickets may be obtained of Charles C. Beaman, Jr., 52 Wall street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/14/1883 | See Source »

...looking objects. Moreover, in summer they would give an easy access for thieves or other evil-disposed persons to the students' rooms, and so many ladders could not be thoroughly watched. Another plan proposed was that of short balconies extending on the outside of the building around the fire wall. These would enable students, in case of fire, to go from one section of the hall to another. The objection to this plan was, that to reach these balconies entrance would have to be forced, in a great many cases, into the student's room which communicated with the balcony...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRE-ESCAPES. | 2/12/1883 | See Source »

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