Word: playing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Frothingham carried the ball forward fifteen yards and then Fearing ran around the end and gained fifteen yards more. But on the next four downs Harvard failed to gain, and the ball went to Yale. Hamlin ran well again and Yale was given five yards more for off-side play. But at this point a bad pass lost Yale fifteen yards, and immediately afterwards Harvard secured the ball on four downs. After the ball had been worked near to Yale's goal line Tratford made an unsuccessful try for a goal from the field. Loose work by both teams followed...
Johns Hopkins will play Lehigh in foot ball at Baltimore today...
...association to which no penalty is attached. We have not this year stooped to her methods, and we sincerely hope that in the future we never shall. Yet it is useless to attempt to cope with her or any other college that uses such means. We prefer not to play foot-ball at all, if we cannot play on equal terms, without jockeying, and without question as to the fairness of our opponents. We therefore withdraw from the association. The future course is left to the discretion of a graduate committee...
...most prominent candidates at present are: Aiken, '91, Isham, '91, Simms, '90S., Klimpke, '92' Swayne, '92, and Balliet, '92. Besides these there ought to be two or three fair men in the freshman class, and a number of the foot ball team may be persuaded to play...
...Pennsylvania fifth place in the league. Each of the teams have had some of their best players laid up and it was expected that the contest would be closely fought throughout. During the first half, although Pennsylvania fought stubbornly for every inch of ground, Wesleyan rather forced the play and scored a touchdown from which a pretty goal was kicked. During this half, however, Pennsylvania worked the ball down the field and Wesleyan was compelled to touch it down for a safety. This left the score at the end of the first half six to two in favor of Wesleyan...