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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this time the one absorbing topic that interests our university is foot ball. The game of last Saturday is talked over and the prospects of success on Thanksgiving day. If the arrangements in the future for the handling of the crowds and preservation of good order, at the big championship games, will only equal those at Springfield, the pleasure of attending the games will be much increased...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Letter. | 11/30/1889 | See Source »

Primrose and West's Minstrels came to the Boston theatre Monday night for a week's engagement. The company is one of the strongest organizations of the kind, and is being very well received by the public. A number of new features have been added, not ably the "Big Four," and Hurley and Auken, who do some wonderful things on horizontal bars. The performance as a whole is pleasing, and the troupe will doubtless be well patronized while at the Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Theatres. | 11/27/1889 | See Source »

There were many big moments to come: a 5-1 triumph over undefeated and number-one ranked St. Lawrence in Canton, N.Y., a Beanpot, an ECAC regular-season title, a two-game sweep of defending national champion Lake Superior State in the NCAA quarterfinals, and, finally, the trip to St. Paul...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polishing the Rust: Icemen Capture National Title | 6/8/1889 | See Source »

Minus several defensemen, the Crimson wins the battle of the Big Macs, 5-3, and knocks one more team off its ECAC checklist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polishing the Rust: Icemen Capture National Title | 6/8/1889 | See Source »

...under the supervision of Captain Mandell, and a team of at least fifty will be sent to Mott Haven in May. In the hundred and two twenty, Moen, '91, and Lee, '91, are the best men. Lee is running in splendid form and is expected to give Sherrill a big surprise. Wells, the winner of the college quarter for the past three years, is expected back to win the event again this year. Other promising candidates for the quarter are Bachelder, '91, Wright, '91, and Rhoades, '92. Stead, '91, and Davenport, '90, are looked upon as sure winners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton on Harvard's Prospects in the Mott Haven Games. | 5/7/1889 | See Source »

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