Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yesterday's account of the Yale-Princeton game unfortunately no mention was made of the important fact that "A most attractive incident of the game was the presence inside the ropes of Mrs. Walter C. Camp, wife of Yale's most famous foot-ball player, who followed the ups and downs of the game with the same keen interest as her husband, who had been coaching the Yale team. Bob Cook, the Yale oarsman, was also nervously pacing about the chalk line muttering to himself as he saw the Princeton giants jumping on the little Yale men."- N. Y. Herald...
Gill, the famous foot-ball player of Yale, had two of his front teeth knocked out in the game with Pennsylvania about three weeks ago. He replaced the teeth and held them in position is best he could with his tongue until the game was finished, and then sought the nearest dentist, who fastened them in with silk cord, The cord has since be end, and. strange to say, the teeth are firm as ever...
...fortnight. It is expected that he will be so far recovered as to be able to play against Harvard next Saturday; still the loss of practice and the loss of strength attendant upon his illness will be a severe handicap upon his good play. Irvine, another strong player, of whom it is said he is the steadiest man upon the eleven, having had an experience of five years as a player, has retired on account of an injury to his ankle. Cowan, captain of the team, has resumed play after a week's absence. R. Hodge...
...game was almost unknown. In 1872 the Yale Football Association was formed and a few games were played. In 1873 the first Intercollegiate Convention was organized and a series of games played. The game then was very different from that played now. It was purely football, as no player could carry the ball or tackle an opponent and off-side playing was not forbidden. Yale won the championship in 1873 and again in 1874, but lost it to Harvard in the following year. In 1876 and 1877 Yale again defeated Harvard, Columbia and Princeton. In 1878 some changes were made...
...Harvard. from which Harding kicked a goal. Dartmouth by sharp work forced the ball close to the Harvard line, where it went to Harvard on four downs. Sears made a beautiful punt which both the ends followed well, reaching the Dartmouth back as soon as the ball. The latter player fumbled the ball and Crosby getting it ran half the length of the field and made a touch-down, from which Harding kicked a goal. Time, 12 minutes. Score. 62-0. Harvard got the ball in the centre of the field on a fumble, and Lee, by a good...