Word: montreal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the almost traditional trips to Canada by our university foot-ball teams will probably be discontinued, a few facts concerning past contests with our old rivals may prove interesting. In the fall of 1874 Harvard sent ten men, representing her foot-ball interests, to Montreal, in response to a challenge from McGill College of that city. One of our men was disabled before the match, so McGill kindly consented to play with nine men. The contest lasted three half hours and resulted in a victory for Harvard, with a score of three touchdowns to nothing. In the fall...
...Harvard by a score of one goal and three touchdowns to nothing. In 1879 the Brittania team came down to Boston, and, after a rather exciting contest, were defeated, two goals and one touchdown to nothing. A few days later, Harvard played a return match with them in Montreal, scoring one goal to nothing for Brittania. The following Monday, in spite of snow and extremely disagreeable weather, a game was commenced with the McGill team, but, at the close of the first half, both teams were ready to withdraw and the game was called, with the score, one goal...
...team played three games with the Canadians, winning two and tieing one with Montreal; Brittania was defeated in Boston, two goals to nothing, and the Ottawa team in Ottawa, after a very close and exciting game, with the score of two goals and one touchdown to one goal and one touchdown, was defeated. Both of our goals were very prettily kicked from the field. In 1881 we defeated the Montreal team in Boston, playing with fourteen men, the score standing two goals to nothing...
...McGill University (of Montreal) authorities have seized $32,000 belonging to the estate of the late Miss Barbara Scott, to meet the legacy left by her to found a chair in the university, but which the executors would...
...Fred Balch, assistant steward of Memorial, left Cambridge yesterday to accept a position under the Pullman Palace Car Co. He will make his headquarters in Montreal...