Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This afternoon, in Ithaca, the Harvard football team plays Cornell and a close contest is expected. The Cornell team is reported to be much stronger than that of last year, both in the line, which is much heavier than before, and back of the line, where Beacham and McKeever are playing a brilliant game. For the past few days the practice has been secret, so that it cannot be told just how far team work has been developed, but the material is certainly above the average and Cornell is in hopes of a close game, if not a victory...
...members of the Andover football team voted yesterday in favor of renewing the annual football contest with Exeter. All arrangements were left in the hands of the athletic committee which will at once confer with Exeter and decide on a date for this fall's game...
...remainder of the game was merely a contest of rushing on the part of the Harvard men and of kicking on the Wesleyan side. During this period Harvard manged to score twice more on touchdowns by Dunlop and Sargent. Captain Wrightington went to Princeton to see the Princeton and Carlisle Indian game. During his absence Beale ran the team...
...York during the Christmas vacation. To match our record during the years since the institution of this tournament-second in '92 and '93, first in '94 and '95-it is of prime importance that all who know the moves should enter. The result of this year's contest is particularly doubtful, inasmuch as Columbia, Princeton and Yale will all have strong teams. And Harvard's chances are from the present outlook pretty slender unless new players appear, especially from the incoming class...
...keeping him out of the game, and meantime he is losing valuable practice. Thompson is out but has not shown his usual good form yet. Brokaw '97 is playing Cochran's place, and is doing the best work he has ever done. He will give Thompson a close contest when Captain Cochran returns to his place. On the whole, however, the line is likely to be considerably weaker than it was last year, and Galley, at centre, is about the only star among the forwards...