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Ninety's rush line played a strong, steady game, blocking and getting through well. The chief fault of the team was high tackling and with that exception the game was well played. Piper. Crane and Slocum did the best work for Ninety, and Frothingham, Peters and Woodman for the Jamaicas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 11/26/1886 | See Source »

...morning, guilty of a dishonorable act towards their team, their class, and their college? 2, As Yale always plays her dropped men, why have not the dropped '89 players (who are undoubtedly better than most of the freshmen), been playing on the freshman team? Is it the fault of the freshman captain, or has our courtesy in regarding dropped men, as in all their social relations, still members of the class with which they entered, had the effect of making them consider it beneath their dignity to serve their college on a freshman team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/23/1886 | See Source »

...bore the winning team from the field on their shoulders, and after nightfall a hugh bonfire on the campus celebrated the victory. The game was well-contested throughout, and free from unpleasant incidents; it is said to have been the most exciting one ever played here. Harvard's chief fault seemed to be in the rusher losing the ball when tackled, and failure to keep when once in her possession. Her game as a whole, however, was exceedingly creditable. For Harvard the best work was done by Holden, Sears, Harding, Remington, Fletcher, Woodman and Porter; for Princeton, by Cowan, Ames...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Squarely Beaten. | 11/15/1886 | See Source »

...them there ran a just pride in Harvard's past achievements and a justifiable anticipation of her future capabilities. President Cleveland's speech was especially noticeable for its manliness and straightforwardness. Even though the occasion had not prevented the listeners from being too critical, they could have found no fault with what they heard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/9/1886 | See Source »

...enthusiastic enough; but you have let pride and vanity overcome you; and you will fall unless you perceive your error in time. We believe you can beat Yale if you go about it in the right way; you are dolefully wrong, now. Is it your captain's fault, Ninety, or, Captain, is it the team's? Correct it whose ever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/1/1886 | See Source »

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