Word: seasons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fact that the gentleman referred to is said on trustworthy authority to have entered the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in the autumn of 1888 for the purpose of becoming a member of the Eleven, and to have left it as soon as the football season was over. It is further strengthened by the following admission of Captain Poe, published in the New York Evening Post, of November 2, in regard to a third player, Mr. Wagnehurst, who was lately a member of the New York professional Baseball Club: "We do not deny that the reason...
...second member of the team, Mr. George, had been since the beginning of the present college year, and is now a salaried teacher of field sports and other subjects in a preparatory school. A third member, Mr. Wagenhurst, who played in the games in the earlier part of the season, including a championship game, had been a member of a professional baseball team. At a meeting of the Graduate Advisory Committee of the American Intercollegiate Football Association, held in New York, on Nov. 4, 1889, a rule was passed that no professional athlete should take part in any contest...
With the close of the present term at the Christmas recess, Harvard leaves off an old and begins a new athletic season. During the next few months crews, nines, and track athletes will be carefully trained for the outdoor work of the spring, and everything will be done by the management of each organization to make its work successful. Of this we feel assured. But there are requisites of success other than the conscientious work of captains and managers, necessary as these are. Men must be found who are willing to train earnestly and long, else we cannot even hope...
...holiday production at the Tremont theatre, which began last night and will continue until after New Years, is the extravaganza "Bluebeard Jr.," by the Chicago Opera House company. It is on the order of the "Crystal Slipper," which was played in Boston last season. At least two hundred persons appear during the performance. The stage settings are particularly elaborate. Among the chief features are the ballet of birds and insects, the golden terrace of Bluebeard's castle and the light of Asia ballet...
...Week's Sport, in an interesting summary of the season's work, says: The style of play has not materially altered from that of last season, except that kicking has become more popular and effective. Last year it was the common practice never to kick until forced by the third down; this year many a good punt has been put in at the second down, and some even at the first. The tackling has improved, and there are today almost no poor tacklers on any of the association teams. The running would not have been by any means able...