Word: scrub
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...scrub game of foot ball was played on Jarvis field, yesterday afternoon, between elevens from club tables at Memorial Hall...
Tuesday afternoon, Eighty-Eight played a practice game with a scrub team chosen hastily from Eighty-Seven, and, although the latter were defeated, it cannot be said that the freshmen played a very brilliant game. Their rush-line, although composed of men who ought to play a very effective game, showed little snap in their work, and seemed to rely upon the half-backs to do the playing for the entire team, while the half-backs in turn passed poorly and often fumbled the ball...
...scrub eleven composed of Boston men, was defeated by Andover at foot ball Saturday afternoon by a few points. Twombly, Yale '84, and Morrison, Harvard '83, played on the Boston team...
...scrub eleven composed mostly of juniors defeated the freshman eleven yesterday afternoon. The freshmen were minus the aid of both their regular halfbacks and several rushers...
...number of scrub elevens are in process of form action...