Word: play
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Freshman foot-ball team beat the Resolutes of Boston last Wednesday. They play the Yale Freshman team to-morrow morning, at New Haven...
...Freshman foot-ball team will play at Andover, Quincy, and Exeter before the season is over...
...they could and then passed it, and had a decided advantage throughout the game. In justice to the Canadians, it should be said that four or five of their finest men disappointed them. Hope and Kerr, whose formidable appearance so intimidated our team last spring, were both unable to play, as were also Cross and Greenfield. The game was remarkable for its few disputes and the general good feeling which prevailed throughout. Mr. W. E. Russell was Harvard's umpire, Mr. Cleuston umpired for All Canada, and Mr. R. M. Esdaile was referee...
HARVARD vs. McGILL.A game was to have been played between the two colleges some time in November, at Cambridge, but Captain Whiting was asked if, through courtesy, he would play in Montreal, and it was decided to play at half past ten, Monday morning. Before the game began a hundred-yards dash was run by Herrick, of Harvard, and Summerhase, the champion runner of Canada, best two in three, - Herrick to have two yards' start. Herrick won the first heat in ten and one fourth seconds, coming in ahead fully the distance allowed. When two thirds...
Both clubs had evidently determined to fight hard. The McGill men knew each other, played together, and passed the ball more than the All Canadas. The game was exciting in the extreme, both for the players and the lookers-on. The ball at the beginning was kept very close to McGill's goal, and was finally kicked behind, with a Canadian and L. Cushing after it. Cushing secured the ball, but it was decided that the other man touched it first and "deaded" it. This caused some dispute, but the play soon proceeded, the Canadians still acting on the defensive...