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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...doubtless make a strong effort to have the game played on their grounds, but this Yale will never consent to do, as she played there last year only on condition that future games should take place elsewhere. It is thought here that Yale will have her hands full to defeat either Harvard or Princeton, both of which colleges are reported to have much better teams than last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale's Foot-Ball Team. | 10/4/1887 | See Source »

...college year which begins today marks another step in the downward path which seems to be the one destined for Harvard in athletic sports. The report of our defeats of last June, which are published today according to custom, open the wounds which were partly healed during the summer recess, and must awaken in the hearts of everyone who claims to possess any love for Harvard, serious thoughts as to the reason for our continued discomfiture. It is true, indeed, that athletics are not the main purpose of college life, but nevertheless, "Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/29/1887 | See Source »

...Amherst defeated Williams Wednesday by a score of six to three. This defeat gives the intercollegiate penant to Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/24/1887 | See Source »

...Beacons began to settle down, with the intention of making up their 13 to 5 defeat of May last. Allen's hit for three bags, in the fifth, was followed by a passed ball, which gave one run. Then the sixth resulted in a gain of three more runs for the Beacons, on an error, a single and Richardson's clean home run. The eighth added two runs more, of which one was contributed by Richardson, who duplicated his former feat by driving to long right field for a second home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base-Ball. | 6/22/1887 | See Source »

...Harvard without effort, fell a victim to the good play of our eleven this spring, while other clubs of almost equal strength were easily worsted. These successes are the more praiseworthy and satisfactory, since they come from a source quite unexpected and fill up the gap made by our defeat in track athletics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/22/1887 | See Source »

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