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...first game of foot-ball between Yale and Harvard was played at New Haven on the 13th inst. So full an account of the game has already appeared in the Advocate, that we here give merely a summary of the contest...
...late successes on the foot-ball field, together with the near prospect of a game with Yale, has awakened a lively interest in foot-ball throughout the College. It is well known that Harvard declined to join the Association of Colleges, owing to the radical difference of our rules from those of the various other colleges. Though in so doing we laid ourselves open to criticism, yet an impartial observer must assent on consideration to the expediency of our decision. We did not in the least assert that our rules were the best; nor, as a Yale paper unjustly remarked...
After many useless attempts to arrange games with several of the colleges of the Association, we have at last succeeded in arranging a game with Yale by means of a compromise between the two sets of rules. It is clear to every one that rules resulting from such concessions as have to be made cannot be entirely satisfactory. Though much ingenuity was shown by the delegates at Springfield, yet there remain many points, trivial as they may seem at first, which need explanation and remedying. We lose one of our best rules; for though touch-downs count something, we have...
...regards the coming match with Yale, it is much to be hoped that our team will meet with the success due to their late meritorious efforts; and it is quite probable that, notwithstanding a few peculiarities in the new rules, an exciting and interesting game will be seen on Saturday...
...match with Yale. A large number of men have said that they intend to accompany the team. During the match at Montreal frequent and excited disputes caused angry words and no little ill-feeling for the time, which was only dispelled by the favorable result of the game, the appearance of the groaning tables, and the good-nature of the vanquished hosts. Now we hope that the rules will be clearly understood once for all, and that the players will not make the decisions and points of the match the pretext for any jealousy and ill-will which may exist...