Word: eleven
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard second eleven vs. Exeter at Exeter...
Contrary to recent precedent, Columbia will have a 'varsity eleven this year, and from this early stage the prospects for a creditable team are excellent. Since September 10 the candidates about 20 in number, have been in training quarters at Erastina, Staten Island, and the work they have accomplished there is encouraging...
...number of graduates, interested in football, have subscribed for a cup to be awarded annually to the best kicker on the eleven. It is now on exhibition in Leavitt and Pierce's window. Captain Cumnock has received a letter stating the conditions as follows...
This cup is given in trust to the captain of the Harvard university football eleven to be put up for annual competition for a period of ten years under the following rules and restrictions...
...captain shall post in a conspicuous place the names of twenty-five men (representing the first and second elevens, and three substitutes), and these only shall be eligible as competitors. These twenty-five must be bona fide candidates for the university eleven...