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...Boston Herald terms Saturday's game "Rugby." Its mistake may well be pardoned, since it resembled Rugby far more than American foot-ball...
...management of the '86 foot-ball team wish to return thanks to all members of the class who assisted in clearing off the snow from Holmes field yesterday afternoon...
...rush line was warned and threatened with disqualification either for foul tackling or for jumping on and fouling the backs. It was an exhibition which will be long remembered at Harvard and by the outsiders as well, who came expecting to see a scientific game of foot-ball. Wesselhoeft sprained his ankle in one of the roughest scrimmages, and Adams, '86, took his place. Yale soon scored a touchdown through Beck, from a fumble by one of our rush; but Richards again failed in the goal. Harvard then rallied, and brilliant rushing by Morison and Appleton carried the ball into...
...applauded each and every one impartially. Saturday's game, however, made a decided change; for every impartial spectator joined his protest with that of the college men against the deliberate fouling and other illegal practices employed by our opponents. Such a game cannot be mentioned under the name of foot-ball. Harvard could resort to such an exhibition, but the never has, and we hope sincerely that she never will...
Harvard cannot defeat Yale at foot-ball unless she consents to place on her team men who will substitute roughness for skill and professional enmity for amateur courtesy. But such a team will never represent Harvard, and may they never bear its honored name. A few such contests as that of Saturday will blast forever the reputation of foot-ball as being a commendable inter-collegiate game...