Word: wesleyan
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Eaton has been elected captain of the Wesleyan foot-ball team in place of G. E. Manchester, resigned...
...prospect of the championship games. Mowry, one of their new half-backs, who promised to do so well, has been ill for some time, and will not be able to play again this season. Hodge, on the end of the rush line, was bruised in the game with Wesleyan on Tuesday, and is incapacitated. On Friday,Ivine had an old hurt renewed in a practice gam and probably will not come out again...
...Harvard Fleven played its first championship game of the season with the Wesleyan team, Saturday, on Jarvie field. In spite of the rain the seats were well filled with spectators, among whom were several ladies. The bad condition of the field made it impossible for Harvard to run up a big score; but when it is considered that the game was only two half hours long, 50-2 may be considered a creditable showing. Harvard played a sharp game the first half and scored 32 points. In the second half, however, the team weakened considerably, scoring only 18 points...
...second game of the championship series was played Tuesday at the Polo Grounds, New York, between Princeton and Wesleyan. It resulted in an easy victory for Princeton by a score...
About twenty-five hundred people were present at the Princeton-Wesleyan game...