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...game. Nervousness was apparent among our backs at the start and several bad plays brought the ball gradually to our territory. Richards and Terry tried desperately for goals from the field, but were each time interrupted by the sharp play of our rush line which soon settled down to hard and steady work. Harvard was held back for some time until finally we were forced to make a safety. From the kick-out, we began to gain and remarkable catching and running by Henry carried the ball well into Yale's ground. Our men were laboring under a great disadvantage...
...play at all. The Yale team played an almost perfect game throughout, and several rushes of Terry's were the finest we have met this season. Twombly stood up to his work manfully, for his aggressive playing called forth considerable rough handling. Tompkins and Farwell also worked very hard for their side...
...necessary for the Harvard papers to denounce any such thing through their editorial columns. In accordance with this good old custom we again take our stand and diny that Harvard is any worse than the rest of the world in religious matters. Just how this rumor begins it is hard to conceive. Probably it is owing to the attempt made to abolish chapel, and to the fact that certain men with infidel views go forth from here every year. But these persons so vigorous in their cries of alarm, would say fully as much as the students if they were...
Tomorrow the eleven plays the last and most important game of the season. The men have worked hard and earnestly under the careful supervision of a faithful captain, and in case of victory or defeat they deserve our hearty commendation. The customary ill-luck which seems to follow the foot-ball team has not failed us this year, for the eleven will go to the field tomorrow crippled by the loss of many of its best players. At the best, our struggle with Yale could not fail to be an exceedingly close one; but, entering it as we do, with...
...number of criminals and causes the degeneration of those for whom the laws are made ? Foot-ball is not a game for invalids, but it is greatly enjoyed by robust and vigorous young men. It cannot be expected that such young men will stand upon ceremony in the hard struggles which are a part of the game, but our college players are not ruffians and they do not become brutes while playing. We cannot change human nature, and sometimes a player loses his temper or interferes with an opponent in an improper way without intending to play unfairly. The rules...