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...game of foot-ball will probably take place this afternoon between '85 and '86 on Holmes field at 2 o'clock...
...success of the fall meeting has greatly stimulated the general interest in athletics, and some excellent work is being accomplished on the campus and in the gymnasium. It is probable that a college foot-ball eleven will soon be selected from the class teams and put in the field The sophomores and freshmen have each very strong elevens, and a close and exciting game between them is expected soon...
Yale pretends to fear that she has been deceived in underestimating the strength of the Princeton and Harvard foot-ball teams. The News says: "A letter from a Harvard man says that their team did not exert themselves at all with the Techs. for fear that Yale would get too correct an estimate of their strength. In the newspaper reports of their games they are careful to allow few complimentary remarks to steal in. Yet all this while they are working as they never worked before; they are straining every fibre of strength that the college can boast, and when...
...following description of three games of foot-ball, with their various peculiarities, will be of interest...
There are now virtually but three codes of rules under which foot-ball is played, viz.: That of the English Foot-Ball Association, the Rugby School code and the American Inter-Collegiate Association code. The English Association rules admit of no handling of the ball in "carrying" it - as in the case of a "run in" - "passing" it, throwing it or of "knocking on;" that is, batting it with the hands. It can only be kicked, except it goes out of bounds. Goals scored by a kick alone count in this game, there being no touchdowns in the score...