Word: eleven
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Table 24 m Memorial Hall has formed an eleven and wishes to arrange games with other teams...
...Chicago, Detroit, Washington, Newcrk, Princeton College, Yale and many local clubs, have entered for the different events. A. B. George and W. T. Young, the champion cross-country runners of England, will contest against Skillman and Gilbert of America. In the foot-ball kicking contest, Bull of the Yale eleven, will compete. Roddy and Thompson of Princeton are contestants in several events...
...cricketers of Philadelphia, encouraged by the easy manner in which they defeated Canada last July, and the recent victories over the Gentlemen of Ireland, will very likely send an eleven over to England next spring. This team will be called, like its predecessor which was so successful, "The Gentlemen of Philadelphia." The former visit was in '84. Sine then many young cricketers have sprung into prominence and by their performances in the recent international matches proved that they could uphold the reputation of the '84 team...
...things, appears to be a very frail basis. When the convention met this fall to arrange the schedule of games, nothing was said before it of the probability that the Harvard faculty would forbid the New York game. But the Harvard manager spoke to the captain of the Yale eleven on the subject and was plainly given to understand that such mention of the possible difficulty was sufficient, and that if any difficulty should arise effort would be made to settle it agreeably to both parties. Now, however, the Yale captain declares that the question was one for the convention...
...Harvard Amateurs will play the Roxbury Latin School eleven on the Cambridge common this afternoon, at 3.30. The Amateurs will be made up as follows: Merrill. '89, Keene, '91, Cummings, '91, Freeman, '92, Child, '92, Walker, '91, Burnham, '90; quarter-back, Beckwith, '91; half-backs, Duucan, '90, Endicott, '90; full-back, Healey...