Word: blues
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...work desperately to recover the lost ground, but every time the ball approached our line the perfect catching and kicking of Willard saved the day, and Yale could not even score a safety. Coxe and Ketchum, whose weight aggregated about 450 pounds, tried their best to score for the blue, but were foiled in every attempt. Many of our men were conspicuous for their good tackling, notably Cochrane, Burgess and Fiske, while Brooks often gained ground by sharp rushing. As time wore on it seemed that Harvard must win, but just before the close Dennen kicked a goal from...
...done by Willard, whose judgment and accuracy were remarkable. His play was cool and steady throughout, and the fact that he did not miss a catch or a kick shows how close a game he played. For Yale Dennen played remark-ably well, but barring his work the blue was unquestionably out-played, for had it not been for their advantage in weight our sharp tackling and sure kicking must have added to our score. Our freshmen showed a lack of endurance toward the end, but this was not strange seeing that their practice this fall has been limited...
...case : "The Yale-Princeton championship game was kicked at the Polo Grounds, Saturday, Nov. 24. About six thousand spectators assembled to witness the game, which was virtually to settle the Inter-University championship. Most of these were college boys, and could be easily distinguished by their badges of blue, black and orange, crimson and blue and white, representing respectively Yale, Princeton, Harvard and Columbia. That the game played was highly interesting and exciting no one will deny, but that it was foot-ball, as foot-ball should be played, we cannot admit. No doubt the game of Saturday was just...
...avenues leading to the Polo grounds became blocked by vehicles of every description bound for the scene of the contest. Nearly every coach in the city was out on this occasion, and as one after the other swept by, covered with enthusiastic supporters of the crimson or the blue, the effect was a most enlivening one. At 1,30 the crowds began to pour into the numerous entrances of the grounds in such great numbers that the ticket-takers were at their wits end to keep the throng in line. The steady stream was uninterrupted, until nearly through the first...
Trinity has changed its colors from green and white to old gold and blue...