Word: saturday
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following are the results of the other foot ball games played on Saturday: Yale defeated Columbia, at the Berkeley Oval in New York by a score of 62 to nothing; Princeton beat the University of Pennsylvana at Philadelphia in the first championship game by an overwhelming score of 72 to 4. Technology beat Amherst in a championship game at Amherst by the close score of 10 to 9. The game was protested by Amherst. The Phillips Andover academy team defeated the Yale freshmen 14 to nothing. Cornell and Lehigh were scheduled to play a game at Bethlehem, but when...
...largest crowd of the season gathered on Jarvis field, Saturday afternoon to see Harvard defeat Wesleyan. The team played with more life than usual, especially in the second half, and succeeded in scoring sixty-four points against the visiting eleven. The rush line work of the eleven. The rush line work of the eleven was good, and the tackling and blocking were the most effective seen this year...
...work of the eleven as shown by the Wesleyan game is very gratifying. It was the last and by far the best of the practice games and promises well for the success of the team in the championship games. The chief criticism to be made of the playing Saturday has been called forth by every recent game, namely, that it takes much too long for the men to settle down to steady work. During the first twenty minutes there were many fumbles and poor passes, the team work was ragged and ineffective, and there was consequently little scoring. Towards...
...Saturday afternoon at Exeter the freshman eleven won a game which was loosely played on both sides. Exeter's game was especially unsteady, while the work of the freshmen at times was execrable. Their tackling could hardly have been poorer, while there was hardly any attempt at blocking off. The rushers were slow in dropping on the ball, but they got through well, and showed considerable snap. The half-backs played a fair rushing game, but their tackling also was high and anything but effective. Johnson as full-back played a fine rushing and kicking game, and he and Kendricken...
...meeting of the Historical society was held Saturday afternoon. Mr Justin Winsor was elected president, and Burrage, Harrison, Lathrop, Fessendent and Torrey of the senior class were chosen members of the society. Messrs. Abbot and Fairbank were elected members of the exective committee. There will be a meeting this evening at the house of Mr. Winsor at which Mr. Bourinot, the eminent authority on Canadian constitutional law and history, will be present and will address the society on the relations between Canada and the United States...