Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...much cannot be said in praise of the showing made by the team against their heavier opponents. Until the very end of the game they broke through continually and blocked off like veterans, and it was only when their strength gave out in the unequal contest that Yale's wedges and push-plays began to be effective. A pluckier and more determined fight against odds than that made by Worden, Russell, and Mannahan is seldom seen, and it is worth noticing that Harvard made as many gains by bucking directly through the centre as Yale...
...following men are eligible to try at the contest on Monday: Trafford. Emmons, Mason, Shea, Upton, Waters, Lewis, Mackie, Newell, Hallowell, Gray, Lake, Brewer, Lee, Corbett, Gage, Burgess, Fairchild, Brice, Eddy, Highlands, Russell, Acton, Foster, Collamore...
...first year the contest was won by Dennison '92. Last year and the year previous Trafford '93 was the successful competitor. The best score as yet is twenty-one made by Trafford two years...
...Gardner Perry L. S. will be referee of the contest...
...that the Yale-Harvard game is finished, interest centres on the contest tomorrow between Yale and Princeton. Both elevens are in good condition, their practice the last few days being only sufficient to keep them in good trim. The feeling at Princeton is one of confidence, and much stronger than it was after the game with the U. of P. eleven. On the other hand Yale is none the less confident, for judging from the game Princeton has been putting up so far this season it is thought that she cannot oppose them very strongly...