Word: pointed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...line-up of the Harvard team will be: Scott, goal; Sand, point; Starr, cover-point; Woods, first defense; Abbe, second defence; Dearborn, third defense; Horne, centre; Beecher, third attack; Leighton, second attack; Curtis, first attack; Burleigh, outside home; Ring, inside home; Taylor, substitute...
...gift is a result of an event which occurred last fall during the football season. At the time of the Harvard-West Point game, the West Point management promised and paid the Harvard Football Association a guarantee of $250 to secure the game. When the association learned, however, that the West Point team was not allowed to charge admission to its games and was supported entirely by voluntary subscription the guarantee was returned. In recognition of this act, the cup was sent with the following letter...
...WEST POINT...
...generous gift of the Athletic Association of the United States Military Academy at West Point to our football association will be warmly appreciated here. Football at West Point is a comparatively new institution, and the athletic association as yet has no accumulated fund to fall back upon. The management is not allowed to charge any entrance fee to the games, and consequently has to depend entirely upon subscriptions collected from the students. When the Harvard Football Association realized this they declined to accept the money guaranteed them by West Point for their expenses in going to the game. In recognition...
...playing in the tennis tournament yesterday. There were several close matches. Ingraham and Foster played well, but Ingraham proved too steady for his opponent and won in three sets. The match between Thomas and Scudder was very close and it was doubtful who would win down to the last point. Forbes and McKittrick played pretty well, but both showed a lack of practice...