Word: roughs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...good low kicking. Peabody's tackling was of the best, he tackling two men in succession when they had passed all others. Kimball made some good kicks and several good rushes but fumbled several times. Of the rush line the less said the better. Wesleyan played a very rough game and took every unfair advantage that they could. Every one of their men was warned and one of the men was ordered off the field by the referee. Our team was as follows: rushers, Keith, Thayer, Gilman, Winslow, Brooks, Phillips and Simpkins; quarterback, Bemis; halfbacks, Kimball and Willard; fullback, Peabody...
...allowed. Pennsylvania did not once have the ball inside of our 25-yard line through the excellent play of our backs, Baker and Lamar, who are playing beautifully. I don't understand how the University of Pennsylvania beat Harvard. I do not think Harvard plays with enough head, or rough enough. This year the player and ball must be held before it is down and a team will have to throw and jump on top of the men instead of tackling the ball. We play Lafayette on Wednesday and Stevens on Saturday and have games arranged for almost every Wednesday...
President White of Cornell, has summoned the officers of the sophomore and freshman classes to appear before the faculty on Friday. The cane rush which took place a few days ago was a rough one, and several were injured quite severely. It is reported that the officers of the college are determined to stop this practice of "rushes" between the two classes, and contemplate bringing legal proceedings against all who indulged in the last...
...final cane rush between the freshmen and sophomores of Cornell occurred on Saturday. The freshmen were successful and succeeded in getting the cane from the sophomores. The rush was a very rough one and several were severely bruised. The freshmen were distinguished from the sophomores by having brown paint on their necks...
...Yale Scientific Seniors were rather noisy at their supper last night. Considerable crockery was crushed and a rough time is reported. [New Haven Union...