Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Also an extract from a letter of L. D. Mowry, a former Andover player...
...York Herald. "Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 15. 1889.- Another instance of the prevalent and pernicious system of "ringing in" outsiders came to light here today. R. S. Ammerman of Danville, Pa., is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a very fine base ball player. An influential member of the Harvard nine was in town yesterday and today endeavoring to get Ammerman to leave Pennsylvania and enter Harvard. He offered to have Ammerman's tuition and board at Harvard paid and give him a cash bonus besides. He even went so far as to tell Ammerman that there...
...have been informed that Mr. Ammerman is a base ball player, but I cannot find that he has any reputation as a foot ball player. He was not a member of Pennsylvania's foot ball team which played Harvard this year
...Rhodes, '91, who has been elected captain of the Yale eleven for next year has had considerable experience as a foot ball player. He played on his class team the first year he went to Exeter in the fall of '85. The next year he was one of the best men on the Academy eleven which defeated Andover 26 to nothing. In his freshman year at Yale he was first substitute on the 'varsity being called out to play in both the Harvard and the Princeton games. Last year he was tackle on the Yale team and played a fine...
PILLADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 15, 1889-Another instance of the prevalent and pernicious system of "ringing in" outsider came to light here today. R. S. Ammerman of Danville. Pa., is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law school and a very fine base ball player. An influential member of the Harvard nine was in town yesterday and today endeavoring to get Ammerman to leave Pennsylvania and enter Harvard. He offered to have Ammerman's tuition and board paid and give im a cash bonus besides. He even went went so far as to tell Ammerman that there was a ticket...