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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...TENNIS PLAYER...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANOTHER PETITION. | 10/26/1886 | See Source »

...that one of the spectators is moved to criticise. He was astonished to see a fault in Harvard's playing which in the eleven of a preparatory school would be jeered at. It has been predicted for some years that one of the first lessons a modern foot-ball player was taught is the low tackle. Five years ago when in the preparatory school this was the latest "tip" in the science of the game. However, Harvard's playing Saturday seemed to indicate that the "tip" which was "latest" five years ago, is not "out" yet here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WELL GROUNDED COMPLAINT. | 10/20/1886 | See Source »

...that we are now coming to understand where the real power of the game lies. It is not the team which has the heaviest men, makes the most brilliant plays, and has the fastest runners, that is to win in the coming contest, but that eleven which employs every player to make each run, and where the ball is being continually passed from man to man. The science of the game is far more important now than mere strength. Let us remember this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/5/1886 | See Source »

Capt. Brooks has commenced with the right principle, - practicing one single play a number of times, and compelling a player if he makes a poor catch, or a bad pass, to try the same again and again. Thus, should he ever find himself in that position during a match, he will know just what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/5/1886 | See Source »

...Peabody '87 has been elected captain of the lacrosse team for the coming year. He has played on the team for three years and is probably the most experienced player in his class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 6/15/1886 | See Source »

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