Word: footing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday evening, May 1, delegates from Yale, Princeton, Wesleyan, and the University of Pennsylvania met in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, to arrange for the inter-collegiate foot-ball contest next fall. There were present Messrs. Brooks and Keyes from Harvard, DeCamp, Savage and Bradford from Princeton, Peters and Corwin from Yale, and two representatives each from Wesleyan and the University of Pennsylvania...
...chair was occupied by Mr. DeCamp. The first business before the meeting was the admission of new members to the Association. On motion of Captain Brooks, seconded by Peters of Yale, Harvard was re-admitted to the Inter-collegiate Foot-Ball Association. Two slight changes were made in the rules. The opposing centre rush cannot touch the ball until it is put in motion. By the insertion of the words "or a place kick," rule 32 is made to read as follows: "A kick-out must be either a drop-kick, or a place-kick." After some other unimportant business...
...requested to be present. With the material which Harvard possesses, there is every reason to believe that the eleven next fall will be a strong one, and the prospect is very encouraging, if the men who play will show interest and enthusiasm in the game. The date of the foot ball meeting will be announced early next week...
...motion of Yale, Harvard at the last meeting of the Inter-collegiate Foot-Ball Association, was re-admitted into the league. We hail this read-mission with feelings of genuine satisfaction. The position that Harvard men hold in the ranks of the amateur sportsmen is marred only by our inferiority in foot-ball. The action of the faculty last winter and our return to the college league, have placed us where we can show that our prowess in athletics is not confined to rowing, base-ball, lacrosse, polo, and field sports...
...have no doubt that it will repeat its last year's record. At any rate, those who go out on Eolmes this afternoon will see a good game. Lacrosse has to appeal to a prejudiced audience at Harvard; to an audience already devoted to base-ball and rowing and foot-ball, where predis-positions can only be overcome by exciting contests in which they become actively interested. For many men on being asked if they have ever seen a lacrosse game, answer, "No, and I never want to!" Such men should be ashamed of their foolish and obstinate disregard...