Word: game
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Captain of the University Football Team has received a letter from a graduate in New York, in which the writer calls attention to the great interest manifested there in the game, and laments that Harvard has not yet been able to take the lead. He is disappointed that the interest here is insufficient, and that our men show too little desire by hard training to ensure their success. He closes by expressing the hope that next year a marked improvement may be shown in this respect; and that, by beginning early and working hard, Harvard may justly claim the victory...
IMMEDIATELY after the Yale-Princeton game, there appeared an editorial in the New York Tribune on the subject of football. The tone of the article was against football in general, which is considered by the writer to be a "rude, not to say brutal" sport. Then the writer goes on to complain of the large number of men engaged in the game, and suggests "that reform is necessary in the direction proposed by some of the colleges, which is to restore the number of contestants on either side to eleven." This is on the ground that there would be more...
...MORSE, '81, will be umpire for the Freshmen in the game with Yale...
...game of football between the Freshmen and the Sophomores had to be postponed on account of the weather yesterday. It will be played, probably, next week...
...game with Princeton was played last Saturday on the St. George's Cricket Grounds at Hoboken. The weather was admirable, with the exception of a strong wind, blowing lengthwise of the field, from the south. Game was called soon after three o'clock. Princeton won the toss, and took the south side, in order to get the advantage of the wind. Warren kicked off for Harvard, and the ball was soon forced near to Harvard's goal. Harvard was then obliged to touch down several times, for safety. The two Cushings, and Morse, of Harvard, and McNair, of Princeton, made...