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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...excellent play for two rushers to stand shoulder to shoulder in their line in front of their runner, and as he comes forward to open his path by turning away from one another at the instant he comes, the abuse of such tactics is wrong, and it never is, and never can be, good foot-ball to not only push and drag rushers out of the way, but even to butt, seize and pull to one side ends and halves who are running across to tackle. It is no exaggeration to say that this is, even now, not the exception...
...Never before has a foot-ball season presented such markedly different types of one and the same game. Harvard with her running strength and weight played a rushing game in its most aggressive form, while Princeton with her light runners and nimble dodgers showed to what a point the angle game might be carried. Finally Yale with a decidedly mixed team demonstrated the superiority of tieing to no one method by winning the championship by a combination of several. Harvard's style is a product of the last few years, and retains not a vestige of the game as played...
...ball, made a departure in the game that has been advised for many years, and predicted as an effective placing of the men. That it was a success is not at all certain. To make the arrangement a success the two backs must be players practically sure of never making a slip of any kind, and this was not true of them this year...
...regard to a wholesome moral atmosphere, Harvard has never ranked very high; and she is certainly not improving at present."- Chicago Intelligence...
...shall treasure your letter with its long list of signatures as the most precious collection of autographs I could leave to my descendants. No doubt many of the names will one day have the same price in the eyes of the world as now in mine-but they can never suffuse them so pleasantly. I look at this document as a kind of acquaintance from my past...