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...does, we venture to think, seem a little out of place in a football field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rise of Rugby Foot Ball in England. | 11/18/1884 | See Source »

...told, at the risk of not getting on the team,-as well as the foot ball powers of Yale or Princeton, a Yale or Princeton eleven will complete alter their method of play in a single year (and that means nothing in the world but coaching), whereas, our men seem to think that if they play hard, and keep in training, they have done duty, and no one has a right to find fault. They may have been told to tackle low or fall on the ball every day for two months, but that makes no difference. They shed what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/17/1884 | See Source »

...nothing against the excellent instruction provided for us at Harvard; nor would the formation of an Oratorical Association imply that it was deficient, it would rather be a valuable coadjutant. So, with all deference to the fully competent and exceptional instruction provided for the students of Harvard, it would seem advisable to incorporate an acknowled advantage of her humbler sisters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMUNICATIONS, | 11/15/1884 | See Source »

...attention to the remarks of the instructor, he should, at least, keep quiet, that those about him may not be disturbed. We believe that no one would willingly disturb his instructor or fellow-students, and make these remarks in order to recommend more thoughtfulness in the matter than seem to have existed heretofore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/15/1884 | See Source »

...Goodwin, Ronalds, Coxe, Peters, Flanders, Bertron, Robinson; half-backs, Richards, Terry; back Martin. The Yale News says of the playing of this team; "The first day's practice in this new make-up was quite encouraging. THe playing was much more like that of years past, and the men seem to be learning to fall on the ball in good old-fashioned Yale style...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/14/1884 | See Source »