Word: likeness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Courant says that Princeton foot ball teams always single out the smallest man among their opponents and "lay" for him. This doubtless refers to the Harlan-Twombly episode at the Polo grounds last year. We would also like to know the size of Peters.-[Princetonian...
...Princetonian is making a bold strike for three weeks vacation at Christmas instead of two. It speaks of "Harvard, Yale, and other colleges which give three weeks vacation at Christmas-tide." We would like to inform the Princetonian that Harvard is the last place it should mention to get authority for long vacations, Ten days is the length of our Christmas vacation: one day the length of the so called "Thanksgiving recess...
...eleven in a most effective manner as well as to act as umpire. Mr. Adams, our umpire, did well in that capacity and did some excellent coaching, but he did not have the management of the team down to such a fine point as did Mr. Connor. We should like to suggest that the gentleman selected to act as umpire in the remaining games will put himself on such intimate relations with the captain and team as to be able to render them as efficient aid as did the sprightly Mr. Connor to Princeton...
...most of the rush line stand around and act the part of spectators. Let them be told how to act, and they probably will act so as to be of some service to the work of the whole team. It seems to me not only this suggestion, or something like it, should be acted on, but also that other suggestions that arose in the mind of anyone on seeing the Princeton game should not be dropped. My space is too limited to call them to mind here. If they are adopted much of the uncertainty and recklessness of the play...
...present made up as follows:-Rushers, Goodwin, Ronalds, Coxe, Peters, Flanders, Bertron, Robinson; half-backs, Richards, Terry; back Martin. The Yale News says of the playing of this team; "The first day's practice in this new make-up was quite encouraging. THe playing was much more like that of years past, and the men seem to be learning to fall on the ball in good old-fashioned Yale style...