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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Early in September, some ten men who played on the Yale team last year began the football season by ten days of practice on Travers Island. The whole squad was not assembled until September 25, a week later than Harvard began. About thirty candidates presented themselves. All of last year's players were on hand except Murphy, Beard and Armstrong. Butterworth did not play for a while owing to trouble with his eyes. Murphy and Beard returned to college a week or two later and immediately went to work. Armstrong was busy in his capacity as captain of the crew...
...soon as the work began to be settled, prospects were encouraging, with all the old players back, and several new men of promise, among them Mills, DeWitt, Jerrems, Louis Hinkey, Brown, and Chadwick. But within a few weeks the team played wretchedly slow and listless football. The veterans were the poorest. At the same time came the accidents that always occur during the middle of the season. Butterworth, Beard, Adee, and several of the new candidates developed physical troubles, rather more being in the nature of sickness, than sprains or bruises. This state of affairs grew worse until at least...
...Brown game was no sooner announced, however, than all Yale - graduates and undergraduates - was aroused. The first sign of awakening was the appearance of Armstrong among the candidates, first for quarterback, then for halfback. Coaches, old players, began flocking to Yale. During the last ten days there has been a coach for almost every individual on the field. Mr. Camp unfortunately was obliged to disappoint them...
Yesterday the candidates for the 'varsity crew who have had little or no previous experience in rowing, began elementary work on the machines in the Gymnasium...
...start, after Hoag had returned Brewer's kick-off, Harvard advanced the ball steadily down the field and in just four minutes after play began Wrightington had scored a touchdown, and A. Brewer had kicked the goal. Score, 6 to O. When play was resumed Harvard soon obtained possession of the ball and C. Brewer and Wrightington made 30 yard runs, the latter finally going over the line for a second touch-down. The goal was kicked. Score, 12-0. Upon receiving B. A. A.'s kick-off, Harvard steadily forced its way to the one yard line, when...