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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...success of the fall meeting has greatly stimulated the general interest in athletics, and some excellent work is being accomplished on the campus and in the gymnasium. It is probable that a college foot-ball eleven will soon be selected from the class teams and put in the field The sophomores and freshmen have each very strong elevens, and a close and exciting game between them is expected soon...
...This unexpected manifestation of the interest felt by the faculty in our sports is so appreciated by the students that a strict conformity to all the college laws regulating athletic sports is adhered to, and immediately upon the stroke of the three o'clock bell all games upon the campus cease, and five minutes later not a player of any kind can be seen...
...Professor Barbour was writing in his room in North College, a pistol ball entered the window, whizzed by the doctor's head, and struck a Hebrew Bible on the shelves opposite him. The ball was carelessly fired by some students who were pursuing an escaped squirrel across the college campus...
...freshman foot-ball eleven played the eleven of Phillips Andover Academy Saturday, and were defeated by a score of one goal to nothing. The supreme confidence of '86 in its eleven was slightly shaken; but in justice to the team, it may be said that the Andover campus is very unfortunately situated, and any eleven unacquainted with its peculiarities is at a great disadvantage. The ball was kicked off at 2.43 by Woodbury, who touched it with his foot and then passed it to one of the rushers, who, however, was soon stopped. By good playing of Kimball and Austin...
Athletics are booming here as usual. A number of tennis courts have been laid out. The courts are of clay, hard and smooth. They covered the back campus between the grounds to the president's mansion and Edwards Hall. All day long there are a few players exercising themselves, and between twelve and two every court of the twenty or thirty is occupied...