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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Columbia will hold a class championship tug-of-war contest just before Christmas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/14/1889 | See Source »

Endicott, '90, and Batchelder, '92, will contest in the hare and hounds run to be held tomorrow by the Boston Athletic Association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/13/1889 | See Source »

...final foot ball contest of the season will be contested next Saturday, when the New York Athletic club and the Manhattan Athletic club elevens will play off their match game, which will decide the Metropolitan Athletic championship. The game will be played on the polo grounds, New York city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 12/12/1889 | See Source »

Fully 30,000 people witnessed the final contest in the intercollegiate league yesterday, when Yale played Princeton at the Berkeley oval. The supporters of Yale predominated and were re-en-forced in their cheering by several hundred Harvard students, who were to a man in favor of Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton, 10; Yale, 0. | 11/29/1889 | See Source »

...game yesterday morning at the Berkeley Oval resulting in a victory for Wesleyan gives the University of Pennsylvania fifth place in the league. Each of the teams have had some of their best players laid up and it was expected that the contest would be closely fought throughout. During the first half, although Pennsylvania fought stubbornly for every inch of ground, Wesleyan rather forced the play and scored a touchdown from which a pretty goal was kicked. During this half, however, Pennsylvania worked the ball down the field and Wesleyan was compelled to touch it down for a safety. This...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wesleyan, 10; Pennsylvania, 2. | 11/29/1889 | See Source »

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