Word: game
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Russell expressed his pleasure at having an opportunity to be present at a social gathering of Harvard students who have not lost the old spirit of frankness and of joviality. Mr. Russell's remarks upon the eleven were very creditable to the men and to the manly and plucky game they played this year. We have met this evening, he said, not to celebrate an eleven that has played a victorious game, but one that has played a manly game and one that every man may be proud of. He said he would rather see Harvard successful in rowing...
...fall of '85. The next year he was one of the best men on the Academy eleven which defeated Andover 26 to nothing. In his freshman year at Yale he was first substitute on the 'varsity being called out to play in both the Harvard and the Princeton games. Last year he was tackle on the Yale team and played a fine game against Cowan in the Princeton game. He was considered one of the best men in the rush-line and at the end of the season was elected captain for this year. When Gill decided to come back...
...dinner will offer an opportunity for the free discussion of the present athletic situation is welcome news to all for while this privilege has been fully open before, there are yet several important phases of the question deserving attention which have come into prominence since the Yale-Princeton game, and which have not, therefore, received anything like careful attention. If is, of course, foreign to the purpose of the dinner that any definite move whatsoever should be made-that is at once undesirable and out of the question; but the hope is entertained that there may be a thoroughly free...
...brief summary of the games of the '92 freshman eleven is another new departure. The score of each game the '92 eleven played last year is given, together with the make up of the Harvard and Yale freshman teams. There is also a record of the Harvard-Yale freshman games since 1876, according to which Harvard has won the championship five times, Yale three times, draw twice, and no game three times...
...summary of the base ball games is very clear and concise. What in former years occupied over two pages has been condensed into less than one half and put in a much more readable shape. The date, place, and score of each game is given, but the make-up of the Harvard team is omitted excepting in the case of championship games where the full score is given...