Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Lynch, quarter-back on the Trinity eleven, last Saturday, was a member of our class of '90 last year...
Godfrey Brinley, last year's holder of the intercollegiate tennis championship, played half-back on the Trinity College eleven in the game with the "Techs" on the Union grounds, Saturday...
...vigor of the masses in some of our college may be inferred from a single illustration taken from the records at Harvard University. In the year 1880, seven hundred and seventy-six men were physically examined. The strongest man out of this number showed in strength of lungs, back, legs, chest and arms, a grand total of 675.2. At the close of the summer term of the present year, the highest strength test recorded was 1272.8 and there were over two hundred men in college whose total strength test surpassed the highest test of 1880. This general gymnasium work...
Harding, quarter-back, is one of the hardest workers on the team. His passing has been poor, but he is improving of late in that respect. One of the few on the team who tackle...
Saxe, half-back, is weak at tackling. Fumbles. A splendid kicker and runs well...