Word: eleven
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yale's first important game, that with Princeton, occurs a week from today. The make-up of the eleven is now pretty well determined. At present it seems probable that the team will be fully as strong as that of last year, all tales to the contrary notwithstanding. All of the men who have been laid up are now at work and the playing has much improved during the past week. Wallace and Stag are now playing ends. This is Wallace's fifth year. Stag is a new man at foot-ball, but is playing very well. Both tacklers, Gill...
McCance and Spaeth will probably be unable to play on the U. of P. eleven during the remainder of the season...
Until lately, the work of the eleven has not been such as to encourage the college; but during the last few days a perceptible improvement has been shown, both in the work of the rush line and that of the backs; and, as a consequence, well-grounded hopes of victory are entertained by the college. The score made against Wesleyan was not one to encourage the undergraduates. But it must be remembered that no incentive was offered for extra exertion, while slow cautious play was indulged in lest the game should result in the disability of some member...
...Eleven leaves Cambridge for Princeton this afternoon at 5 o'clock. The team will probably be composed as follows: Cumuock, Longstreth, Carpenter, Cranston, Trafford. Davis, V. Harding; quarter-back, G. Harding; half-backs, Lee and Porter; full-back, Sears. Some changes, however, may be made before the game is played. The following men will accompany the team as substitutes: Crosby, Austin, Van Schaik, Dean, Slocum, Perry, Morse, Wadsworth...
...hoped that a large number of men will assemble in front of Bartlett's to cheer the team off. It is to meet its first formidable opponents in the Princeton eleven, and a hearty send-off will show how deeply the college is interested in the result of the contest. If there are any who intend to go to Princeton who have not yet signed, they are urged to do so at once...