Word: periodicals
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Among the coaches selected at Princeton in 1877 was a young Junior whose name appears in the college press of that period as T. W. Wilson, who later was appointed head of the Board of Football Directors. Years afterward, when academic and literary honors began to multiply upon the shoulders of that young Princeton football coach, the name of T. W. Wilson expanded into Woodrow Wilson...
...these years terminates the monopoly of Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale in football interest, for a number of colleges in this period sent their first teams afield. Among these early aristocrats of the sport are Brown, Dartmouth, Lawrenceville, Lafayette, Lehigh, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, and Williams. An important feature of the sport which made its advent in the early '80's was signals. Originally these were words and sentences, later single numbers, and finally the complex signal systems that have prevailed for 30 years. A strange occurrence in this time was that Harvard's Faculty unexpectedly abolished football...
...yard run by Churchill on the second play of the game prepared the way for Buell's field goal from the 36-yard line. Throughout the game Churchill proved a consistent ground gainer and in the end of the third period he got away for a 50-yard run. Buell, from start to finish, showed his ability to pick out the plays that were going to gain, and to diagnose the enemy tactics...
...next week the still improving eleven pushed 31 points over on the Maryland team, registering a touchdown in every playing period and injecting a field goal for good measure. As the Maryland team was the weakest they had met, the strength of their attack still remained a matter of doubt. But as to the ability of Kempton, as a field general, there could no longer be any question. He handled his eleven with consummate skill, taking advantage of every opportunity that was offered...
...team plunged 70 yards down the field for the touchdown that evened the score. The Orange and Black team showed its most powerful offense in the first quarter when it marched down the field from the Princeton 10-yard mark to a touchdown. The University scored in the last period by a pass over the goal line from W. B. Felton Occ. to Casey. With defeat or a tie at stake Church kicked the goal from a difficult angle. Casey played a wonderful game by his long dashes and his dodging runs, netting in all 182 yards...