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...closely contested, was a highly creditable display of the science of football, and was won by the superior and harmonious team play of Yale. Harvard played a rushing game almost entirely, while punting was a strong factor in Yale's play. The rush line work of Harvard was excellent and the interference and the halfback play, especially that of Sears, was exceptionally good, and at times brilliant.- Yale News...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/1/1887 | See Source »

...afternoon. The game was called at 3 o'clock, '88 taking the east and '89 the West Side of the field. After several lively scrimmages, '89 gradually forced the ball down towards '88's goal, and Perry rushed over the line and made a touchdown just fifteen minutes after play was begun. As only one of the goal posts was in an upright position, Umpire Slocum had to raise the other and support it while Perry kicked a goal. Score, '89, 6; '88, 0. When the ball was again put in play, '88 took heart, and forced it steadily towards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foot-Ball. | 12/1/1887 | See Source »

...BALDWIN.THOSE who were obliged to cut recitations to play on the out-or-town games of the freshmen eleven will please send a list of their cuts to the manager. Also, if only one has any accounts to settle with the eleven, they will greatly oblige the manager by sending a written memorandum of the same...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices. | 12/1/1887 | See Source »

...BALDWIN.THOSE who were obliged to cut recitations to play on the out-of-town games of the freshmen eleven will please send a list of their cuts to the manager. Also, if any one has any accounts to settle with the eleven, they will greatly oblige the manager by sending a written memorandum of the same...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notices. | 11/30/1887 | See Source »

...rulings of Fiske, Camp and all other referees for three years past; the second was a vast piece of carelessness, if nothing worse, and was the subject of comment everywhere on the field where it occurred. We believe that these decisions lost us a game, won by superior team play. We believe that there is ground for winning a protest if properly presented. We do not like to believe that the referee had any other reasons for his decisions than carelessness and ignorance-at any rate till we have definite proofs of such accusations. We do not wish to accuse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/29/1887 | See Source »

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