Word: players
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...taken part in, have shown beyond doubt that he is facile princeps at the pastime. It would certainly be more satisfactory if he played oftener in single-handed matches as a second contest with Lawford, or a set or two with Grimstead would prove very interesting to players generally. The champion appears to combine in his person all the qualifications necessary to make a grand player. Watch his play as critically as you please, and you cannot find a weak spot, Many people have an idea that W. Renshaw's strength is in his volleying and smashing, but this...
...have the ball inside of our 25-yard line through the excellent play of our backs, Baker and Lamar, who are playing beautifully. I don't understand how the University of Pennsylvania beat Harvard. I do not think Harvard plays with enough head, or rough enough. This year the player and ball must be held before it is down and a team will have to throw and jump on top of the men instead of tackling the ball. We play Lafayette on Wednesday and Stevens on Saturday and have games arranged for almost every Wednesday and Saturday this season...
...have the added disadvantage of being so near the foot ball grounds as to be continually surrounded by confusion. There is nothing to prevent the balls from escaping into the road at either side, and the muckers, the curse of the yard, are always on hand to distract the player. To crown all the courts are of turf and consequently unfit for use, for a turf court without the best care and on a poor foundation soil is bound to be a failure...
...worst thing, however, is their high tackling. It is truly melancholy to see rusher after rusher jump for a player's neck, only to be warded off, dodged or carried along, and this too against light men-what will it be against Yale's big, heavy rushers ? Low tackling is always the best tackling, and it is a great compensation to short men in foot ball that they can tackle low more easily and effectively than tall men. Now our rushers are short, stocky men, and will play against large men ; and yet, with one or two exceptions, they deliberately...
...After the sweeping reforms of last year there remained but few opportunities for any further improvements which would be accepted by the three colleges in the association. The amendments which have been made to the rules allow a fair catch behind one's own goal and disqualify a player for other step towards "modernizing" the game, or in other words making it more "gentlemanly." There is no reason why off-play should not be stopped at once. There is certainly a very strong inducement for a player to get off-side and thereby secure the ball, and to do this...