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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...best that the academy has had for many a year, but no one will imagine for a moment that it is equal to the freshmen team from Yale. Since this defeat has taught the freshman where their faults lie, they will have no excuse if they do not correct them in the short time remaining before their final game...
...determination to keep up the good record which they have faithfully earned. There is little likelihood that they will be troubled with overconfidence and they must not be troubled with despondency. The games which they have played have been well won and have given them ample opportunities to correct some of their faults. We hope the record of victories will remain unbroken and that '88 may add to her foot ball glory the honor of defeating the present Exeter eleven...
...smashing, but this was entirely disproved in his match against Lawford, when he showed himself as strong at the back of the court as at the net. His play in the first set of the championship match was admitted by all the best judges to be the most correct and brilliant exhibition of the game ever seen, and it was, indeed, a treat to witness...
...with more "sand," to use a favorite college word. Our last defeat was undoubtedly due in some degree to the want of this quality. We sincerely hope that our past defeats will open the eyes of the management to the numerous defects in our eleven and enable it to correct them as far as possible before any important games occur...
...undersigned have examined Mr. Atkinson's books and find them to be correct in every particular...