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Probably no name has been more widely known in connection with the game of football than that of Walter Camp, the coach of the Yale elevens, which have so long been victorious. Since his graduation from Yale in 1880, Mr. Camp has been the leading spirit in the development of football at that college. His early experience peculiarly fitted him to take such a part. For six years he played on the Yale 'varsity eleven, of which he was twice captain, and he was in every Harvard and Princeton match during that time. When he was finally forced to give...
...Yale defeated West Point 12 to 5. A week later Yale scored but twelve points against Brown. There were two reasons for this poor showing. The veterans, feeling sure of their positions, saw no particular reason for playing hard; but the chief reason was that coaches had been rather scarce all the fall. Mr. Camp was especially missed. Hinkey was obliged to bear two burdens: that of captain, and that of coach...
...Brown game was no sooner announced, however, than all Yale - graduates and undergraduates - was aroused. The first sign of awakening was the appearance of Armstrong among the candidates, first for quarterback, then for halfback. Coaches, old players, began flocking to Yale. During the last ten days there has been a coach for almost every individual on the field. Mr. Camp unfortunately was obliged to disappoint them...
...practice during all this week will be constant and hard. Coach Woodruff will try to work the soreness out of every joint before Friday evening, when the men leave for Springfield to see the Harvard-Yale match. Fifteen men will go, including the captain and coach, consisting of Bull, Wharton, Woodruff, Wagonhurst, Minds, Rosengarten, Gelbert, Williams, Osgood, Brooke, Off, Farrar and Upton. After witnessing the game the men will leave for home the same evening, arriving Sunday morning. On Monday and Tuesday work will be resumed, and the day before Thanksgiving - the great match with Harvard - will be spent...
Ninety-Eight Eleven.The freshman eleven did not practice yesterday. Coach Forbes took some of the players to Andover to see the Yale freshmen play...