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...class eleven will play the Cambridge High School team this afternoon at four o'clock, on Norton's field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/8/1889 | See Source »

...rather early in the season to estimate accurately the strength of the foot ball team, yet the work Saturday calls for some comment. The most marked faults were a general lack of snap and a looseness of playing at critical points. Stevens started off with such a rush that Harvard seemed dazed for at least five minutes and could not get possession of the ball. Several times the ball was lost by pure carelessness; in two instances it was deliberately taken from Harvard players while running. The men tackled and blocked well, and the individual work was good. With...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/7/1889 | See Source »

...cricket eleven was beaten by Longwood on Saturday by a score of 115 to 50. Annand's run out was the prettiest play of the day. His partner, who was batting, made a draw towards long leg. The ball, however, only went fifteen or twenty feet, and long leg was way out. Annand called for a run, Sullivan, who was keeping wicket, ran for the ball, got it, and turned around and threw for his wicket, knocking one of the stumps out of the ground a second before Annand grounded his bat within the crease. Davis also made a good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard vs. Longwood. | 10/7/1889 | See Source »

Princeton will play University of Pennsylvania in foot-ball at Philadelphia the 26th of this month. Wesleyan and University of Pennsylvania will play their match game on Thanksgiving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/7/1889 | See Source »

...game was played at Exeter on Saturday between Harvard second eleven and Phillips Exeter academy. The Harvard eleven had never played together before, and showed an entire absence of team work, although individual work was at times good. Exeter was crippled by the absence of Heffelfinger, who broke his hand in the last Harvard game, and of Squires, the regular centre rush. Exeter won the toss, and took upper side. Crane started off, and in three rushes gained five yards. Johnson kicked but the backs were in the way; another kick forced a touch back. After third down, during which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Game at Exeter. | 10/7/1889 | See Source »

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