Word: bryan
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Princeton - Forwards: Bradford, McDermott, Devereaux, Brotherlin, Ballard (captain), Loney, Peace, Bryan; Half-backs: Withington, Lee, McNair, and Farr; Backs: Horton, Duncan, and Cutts...
...this inning Larkin and McNair made more long kicks, which were of great service; Ballard and Bryan distinguished themselves particularly, though all Princeton's rushers were very good at tackling, and played well together. Our kicks were very feeble compared with those of Princeton, but those of our men who could kick should have done so, instead of trying to run through so many rushers; our men, too, need to be quicker, as they lost several opportunities by lagging...
...last, seeing that it still remained unannihilated, some one has employed violence and has doubtless returned it to its native dust-heap; or, better still, some match-boy, in sympathy with its kindred rags, has put the mat to a similar use with the old sheep-skin which Bryan O'Lynn appropriated, when, as the ballad runs, "he had no breeches to wear...