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Stimulated by the excellent record made by our team last fall, the interest in foot ball has grown very much during the last year, and if it proves strong enough to bring out as many players as it does spectators, our chances for the championship this year will be greatly increased...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Candidates for the Eleven Begin Practice. | 9/30/1887 | See Source »

There is no question that the predominance of the Cambridge "muckers" both large and small was manifest night before last. Several forays and assaults it was our lot to witness and most assuredly they were begun, although perhaps not carried to a finish by half-grown men who had not yet learned what it was to mind their own business. That some efficient means should be employed for the prevention of such performances in the future, no one can sincerely doubt; yet how can the desired end be accomplished. The athletic committee is probably the proper executive for these duties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/10/1887 | See Source »

...never been paid to the Yale nine. There is no apparent reason why the nine from one of our sister colleges should be more honored than that from the other. The distinction that has been made every year probably arose from some accidental circumstances, and from this has grown into a regular custom. If such circumstances - whatever they were - no longer exist, there is obviously no reason for honoring one nine and not the other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 6/8/1887 | See Source »

...pitch and King's base hit two runs were made. Price retired at first; Campbell caught by Reynolds at second by feigning a fast ball; Evans struck out. Harvard, 16; Princeton, 7. Fifth Inning. - From this time on Harvard played listlessly, doing everything to hasten the game, which had grown very tiresome. Mumford struck out; Morgan got a base on balls, but was left at second; Wiestling and Linn went out at first. Princeton retired in one, two and three order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Wins Her Third Game for the Championship. | 5/23/1887 | See Source »

They say that all those beautiful crimson and white hats of the freshman nine have grown about one size too large since the game with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/6/1887 | See Source »

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