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...chronic difficulties under which the majority of our athletic organizations seem to be struggling, has no doubt, often suggested to our readers the advisability of some change in the present methods of administration. While the ball nine from its large gate receipts. usually has a surplus at the end of the season, the crew, owing to its dependence upon subscriptions alone, is in arrears...
...that the crew is the most deserving of our athletic associations, as it is entirely without means of self-support. Recognizing this fact, the students subscribe liberally. In the case of the other organizations, however, there are generally opportunities for the management to clear away all debts by the end of the year. So it will be seen that our athletic societies, whatever may be the case with those at western colleges, do not need very much assistance from one another, as nearly all of them are in a great degree self-supporting...
...foot ball shins, of course, will suffer, and here and there a collarbone perchance will snap. But the very spirit of the Eton game lends itself less to hard kicking than do others. Skill more than brute force is required to run a ball down neatly from one end of the field to the other; the enemy has rather to be dexterously avoided than encountered and overthrown. Still it would be idle to pretend that foot ball is a delicate game, or one to be enjoyed without a fair share of hard blows. given and received. Given and received they...
...fine run around Harvard's line, but Hurd was watching and soon had Lamar sprawling on the ground. The next fine work done for Harvard was the steady catching in quick succession of long flies by both Willard and Kimball. Despite their efforts the ball would approach their end of the field. Moffat made a fair catch within range of the posts and Hodge proceeded to try his luck at a goal from the field. He failed. De Camp was more lucky, catching the ball on the run he continued running until he was safely over the line...
...field, only to have it returned by Moffat's powerful kicking. Loose work by Harvard ensued and Harris rushed the ball through and made the last touchdown, from which a goal was kicked. Another burst of speed by the Harvard rushers carried the ball well towards the Princeton end, where Moffat's kicking again came into play to relieve his side. It was at about this time that the crowd persisted in enroaching on the limits of the field, and hampering the players when the ball was kicked fair. The ball was once more forced upon the unwilling Harvard...