In giving an account of the base ball conference between Yale and Harvard at Springfield, the Yale News says: "The dates offered by Harvard were not convenient for Yale, and those offered by Yale could not be acted upon until the Harvard delegates had conferred with their Advisory Committee."
This statement that the dates "offered by Yale could not be acted upon until the Harvard delegates had conferred with their Advisory Committee," is misleading. The Harvard delegates refused to accept Yale's proposition in the matter of dates not because of the necessity of consulting the Advisory Committee, but because that proposition was manifestly inequitable. The Harvard delegates had full power to arrange dates, and their refusal to accept those proposed by Yale was final.
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