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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...eleven, composed almost entirely, of second string men, will represent the University in its game with Tufts today. A substitute backfield and a crippled line will oppose a team which is rated as being extremely capable...
...Harvard Rovers defeated the Marlboro Baseball Club in a heavy hitting contest at Marlboro last Saturday by the score of 12 to 7. The Rovers had the game well in hand almost from the start, the Marlboro team with the exception of the eighth inning accomplishing little against Frye's pitching, despite his lack of control--and poor support at times. Gannett's circuit clout was the feature of the game...
...Jefferson is said to have been in poor form, but they managed to defeat Union 26 to 2. Last week Dickinson was overwhelmed by the tremendous total of 105 to 0, the victors making fifteen touchdowns, thirteen goals from touchdowns, and one field goal. This defeat moreover, was administered almost wholly through the medium of straight "closed" football, not through the more open style which Washington has found most effective...
...Freshman pitchers were freely hit at first, all seven runs scored off them being in the first four innings. On the other hand, the Freshmen got going in the sixth inning, and landed four runs on four hits, a fielder's choice, a walk, and an error. Almost the entire Freshman squad was given a chance, twenty players being used...
...After almost two weeks' practice the freshman football squad is commencing the round into shape. Although the number of men out for the team has grown smaller, there are still about 70 working at every afternoon. Last week's work insisted entirely in teaching the candidates the fundamentals, with plenty of work in tackling the dummies. At the end of the week the squad was divided into four teams, each team with its own substitutes. Although the elevens are designated by the letters A. B. C. and D, these letters do not represent their respective merits, for the squad...