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...football club at Harvard three years before, the two colleges had not been able to agree on a code of rules to govern play. Yale's game consisted solely of kicking, while at Harvard running with the ball, holding, and passing were allowed. The difficulty was at length overcome by concession on the part of Yale, who agreed to play under rules with which she was unfamiliar. In consequence she was beaten, the score by the old system being four goals and two touchdowns to nothing. Fifteen men played on a side...
...length of time which the men play is now more carefully regulated than ever before. New men are worked up gradually until they are able to stand the full length of practice. In case of injury they are instantly removed, but when sufficiently recovered are promptly sent back to work...
About the same number of men went on the second hare and hounds run as were on the first. The trail was laid out through Allston and Cottage Farms and was about seven miles in length. The hares, Marsters and Ross, were out just 55 minutes and the first hounds came in 14 minutes later, being beaten by two minutes. A strong wind scattered the scent and this fact doubtless handicapped the hounds considerably...
There are still thirty-two candidates left for the freshman crew. The men on the whole are an intelligent lot and as far as they have gone, have caught the idea of the work very well. As yet they have only had the body swing with oars at arms length. The rest of the work consists of dumbbell exercises and a run up North avenue...
...hares shall carry paper, cut in pieces about two inches square, in bags sufficient to last the length of the run, and shall lay a plain trail, from start to finish...