Word: playfulness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...pleasure at having an opportunity to be present at a social gathering of Harvard students who have not lost the old spirit of frankness and of joviality. Mr. Russell's remarks upon the eleven were very creditable to the men and to the manly and plucky game they played this year. We have met this evening, he said, not to celebrate an eleven that has played a victorious game, but one that has played a manly game and one that every man may be proud of. He said he would rather see Harvard successful in rowing or on the field...
...fact is more remarkable, too, when we reflect that the team in whose honor the dinner was given has been far from successful in actual victories won. There is but one conclusion to be drawn. Captain Cumnock and his men were honored for their manly struggle and signal fair play throughout the season...
...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...
...announced authoritatively at New Haven that Corbin will be in college next year and will again play center on the eleven. Gill will return and play, and it is rumored than Woodruff will also return to college...
...broke through and prevented Yale's backs from making any gain. The ball was now on Yale's twenty yard line, and Trafford tried for a goal from the field, but the wind was against him and he failed. A short time after the ball had been put in play he tried again, and again failed. Yale had scarcely put the ball in play, when Dibblee broke through the line, secured Barbour's pass, and running twenty yards scored a touchdown at 3.30. Goal. Score Harvard 18, Yale 0. Yale now played a more determined game and rapidly forced Harvard...