Word: footing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the almost traditional trips to Canada by our university foot-ball teams will probably be discontinued, a few facts concerning past contests with our old rivals may prove interesting. In the fall of 1874 Harvard sent ten men, representing her foot-ball interests, to Montreal, in response to a challenge from McGill College of that city. One of our men was disabled before the match, so McGill kindly consented to play with nine men. The contest lasted three half hours and resulted in a victory for Harvard, with a score of three touchdowns to nothing. In the fall...
...Canadian game lies more with weight and muscle than with skill, while it has been the aim of Harvard to combine the three. In doing this her style of play was continually changing, while the Canadians never modified their game; so to defeat one was to defeat them all. Foot-ball men personally will regret giving up the famous trip to Canada and the hearty reception always granted by our friends there, but the change seems necessary...
Peace of Princeton, captain of last year's foot-ball team, and who it was rumored was to enter the Harvard Law School, is president of the Princeton Base-Ball Association this year...
...game of foot-ball opens a some-what wider field. More men are required, the rules are easily mastered, and the qualifications demanded a more generally possessed. One should be sound and healthy in heart and lungs, and able to stand thumping and bumping for an hour or two with impunity. If to this hardiness be added a fleet foot, strong limbs, quick perception and presence of mind, one has the requisites of a foot-ball player. Of all college games this is the most accessible, and yet for the average and untrained student it is unquestionably the most dangerous...
...needs of each individual student. He deprecates the custom in some places of keeping the student for ever at the same exercises, as he needs change and advancement in physical as well as in mental study. In conclusion, although he recognizes the value of such sports as foot-ball, rowing and base-ball, he considers a well conducted gymnasium as best adapted to the requirements of a complete muscular education...