Word: mcgill
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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After a long contest, the will of Barbara Scott, an eccentric and miserly woman in Montreal, has been pronounced valid. She willed a large property to public objects, giving $40,000 to McGill University for the foundation of a school of engineering, and leaving the remainder to hospitals, churches and public benefit institutions...
...spectators who witnessed the foot-ball match with the McGill College team last Monday were especially interested in their novel style of game. Their method of starting a scrimmage from a ball held down seemed on the whole rather a failure in our game. This is the regular method employed by elevens playing under the English rules and when both sides enter into these mauls the struggle is often quite exciting. But as our team is accustomed to play an open formation game they could quickly transfer the rushing across the field; a performance which made it rather embarrassing...
...McGill, and in fact all the Canada teams, are accustomed to play with fifteen men, and Monday they played thirteen as a compromise with Harvard's eleven...
Although "Rugby" is comparatively a new game at Dartmouth, the home team easily defeated the McGill University team of Montreal yesterday afternoon. The score was one goal and one touch-down to nothing. Dartmouth has hitherto played with 11 and McGill 15, but compromise was made on 13, players...
...Varsity Eleven met the McGill College Eleven on Holmes field yesterday, and easily defeated them. The weather was very favorable and the game at times quite lively. In the first three quarters Codman and Appleton secured touch-downs for Harvard, but no goals were kicked from them. Hammond also got over the line but a touchdown was not allowed under the McGill rules. In the second half no touchdowns were secured on either side, but Mason succeeding in kicking two goals from the field, completing the score. McGill was completely out-played in every point, and the ball...