Word: footing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Among the subjects for compositions offered to the Yale sophomores is "an account of a foot ball game...
Only eight men are now trying for the freshman crew. The captain of the crew, and several good men are now playing foot ball, so we may expect a much larger number of promising candidates when the foot ball season is over...
...game was called promptly at three o'clock, His Excellency the Governor-General placing the ball. This is the first time the Governor-General has ever placed the ball for a foot ball game, although he has placed the ball for Lacrosse in one or two important matches...
After the game our team was entertained at dinner by the Faculty of the college of Ottawa, at which the President of the Canadian Foot Ball Association presided. In his after dinner remarks, Mr. McIntire, the President of the association, congratulated Harvard on her victory, and said that he had never seen prettier playing and hoped to see our game introduced into Canada in the near future. Capt. Kimball after thanking the Ottawa men for their hospitality, proposed three cheers which were given with a will, after which the team took the train for Montreal, which they reached at midnight...
...director from the freshman class within a few days. As yet, however, so few men have joined the club that it hardly seems necessary to select a director to look for the interest of himself, and possibly one other man. The freshmen have shown a commendable zeal in foot ball and track athletics, and should do the same for the other sports, especially bicycling. As any person connected with the college who rides a machine can be admitted as a member of the club, we see no reason to prevent a large number of '88 men from gaining the benefits...