Word: third
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...purpose of becoming a member of the Eleven, and to have left it as soon as the football season was over. It is further strengthened by the following admission of Captain Poe, published in the New York Evening Post, of November 2, in regard to a third player, Mr. Wagnehurst, who was lately a member of the New York professional Baseball Club: "We do not deny that the reason of his returning for a post-graduate course is to play football...
...money on this occasion, this fact does not constitute professionalism, which is a habit." A second member of the team, Mr. George, had been since the beginning of the present college year, and is now a salaried teacher of field sports and other subjects in a preparatory school. A third member, Mr. Wagenhurst, who played in the games in the earlier part of the season, including a championship game, had been a member of a professional baseball team. At a meeting of the Graduate Advisory Committee of the American Intercollegiate Football Association, held in New York...
Notice is also given that M. Loubat, member of the New York Historical society, has founded a prize of six hundred dollars to be given every third year for the best work printed concerning the history, geography, archaeology, ethnography, philology, and numismatics of North America. The detailed conditions of the prize may be learned by a reference to the notice posted in University...
...twenty-third annual meeting of the Wesleyan University club in New York Thursday night, announcement was made of a gift of $250,000 by Dr. Daniel Ayres, of Brooklyn, N. Y. a graduate of fifty years standing...
...Week's Sport, in an interesting summary of the season's work, says: The style of play has not materially altered from that of last season, except that kicking has become more popular and effective. Last year it was the common practice never to kick until forced by the third down; this year many a good punt has been put in at the second down, and some even at the first. The tackling has improved, and there are today almost no poor tacklers on any of the association teams. The running would not have been by any means able...