Word: fifteen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...kicking, while Harvard's allowed running with the ball, holding and passing. Yale made a concession and played under rules with which she was unfamiliar. As a result she was beaten, and the score, by the old system, was four goals and two touchdowns to nothing. In this game fifteen men played on a side...
...next year, playing for the first time with eleven men, Yale won by a score of one goal to nothing. Harvard made two touchdowns, but by previous agreement, these did not count. In 1877 Yale again wanted to play with elevens, but the Association to which Harvard belonged prescribed fifteen players. The game could not therefore be arranged. The next year however, Yale yielded to the demands of the Association, and games were played with fifteens until 1880, when the eleven was finally adopted...
...majority of the second eleven ended their season by cheering the first eleven, but the following men were retained as substitutes: Gray, Motley, Brayton, Cooper, Barnard, Talbot, Peyton and Wheeler. Exits are being put in the sections on the North and South stands, which are opposite the fifteen yard line towards the west of the field. This is being done on the recommendation of the Cambridge Fire Department...
...Moral Aspect of College Sports." "The politics, the heavy physical strain, and the distractions of certain sports seem to outweigh, in many minds," says Professor Hollis in this article, "the positive good that springs from them. This prejudice is, doubtless, based upon the abuses of ten or fifteen years back, when athletics had run mad. Things have changed, however, and the old influences have disappeared. Many practices once thought legitimate have been given up as leading to bad sport, and college boys have begun to acquire consciences both about the time taken from regular work, and about the method...
...line-up. Jones was tried at right guard instead of Riggs, who until recently has filled the position regularly. McGrew also went in, in place of Nickerson at left tackle. In the first minute of the practice, Baldwin, being slightly hurt, retired in favor of Daly. During the fifteen minutes the playing lasted, the Freshmen scored once. The line-up follows: First Freshman Second Freshman Clark, r.e. l.e., Noyes Knowlton, r.t. l.t., Randolph. Jones, r.g. l.g., Cudahy. Sugden, c. c. Hadden. Graydon, l.g. r.g., Whitney. McGrew, l.t. r.t., Piper. Bowditch, l.e. r.e., Littig. Baldwin, Daly, q.b. q.b., Lovering. Derby...