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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Philadelphia Evening Item has sent the following communication to Captain Poe of the Princeton eleven...
...Seeing that Harvard and Yale have in an unsportsmanlike manner agreed to make a combine or trust and play exclusive football between themselves, the Philadelphia Item has decided to offer a silver football valued at $250, as a trophy for competition, emblematic of the intercollegiate football championship of America, open for competition among all colleges of America, Harvard and Yale barred...
...excess of liabilities over assets of only 158.14, a creditable showing in view of the difficulties against which the treasurer contended. The total expenses of the year amounted to $10,076.17. But this large amount must be reduced by the cost of the new launch, $3,250, a special item of expense which was met mainly by subscriptions from graduates collected by Mr. G. T. Keyes. The ordinary expenses of the year were not materially larger than usual. The total receipts of the Boat club from October 3, 1888, to July 30, 1889, were $6435.76. The receipts for the corresponding...
...management also lowered the price of season tickets in 1888-89, to $2.50. The price was $5 the previous year. More than four times as many tickets were sold last year as in 1887 88, but whether this actually increased the receipts is uncertain. These were two special items of expense in 1888 89 which raised the gross amount. The nine received permission to play with professional teams and at Easter went to Philadelphia. The expenses of this trip were over $600. The guarantees also paid visiting teams were larger in amount and more in number than...
...half year ending February, 1889. At the time of the last report the accounts of the Boat Club were not examined owing to the absence of its treasurer from Cambridge. The accounts are kept in a very clear and plain manner and are apparently correct. There is no item of expenditure or receipt that calls for special comment, and the committee believe that a mere statement of figures will convey all the information needed...