Word: scrubbings
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...second eleven at Princeton is called the "scrub" and positions on it are eagerly sought. It goes to a training table and is to receive football costumes...
Besides the above matches three scrub games were played; two of these were between mixed elevens of Longwood and Harvard men, in both of which the Harvard men made more runs than the Longwood men. The third was between the 'Varsity and '90, in which the Freshmen made the following good record...
...regulation of the Faculty prohibiting ball playing in the college yard. It seems that a number of men have fallen into the habit of passing ball in the yard instead of taking advantage of the excellent facilities which are afforded on Holmes and Jarvis Fields. Last spring "scrub" games were continually taking place both mornings and afternoons, but there seems to be a persistent tendency to let base-ball drop as a pastime but to continue it as a business. A return to "old-fashioned" ball playing in the morning would be regarded as a blessing...
Then, too, there might be races on the ice, and other regularly organized sports conducted under the auspices of the H. A. A., - scrub table matches of hockey, exhibition skating, hurdle-matches and the like...
...should not the college hire some meadows or fields, or lots not built upon - there are many in the neighborhood - or offer cups for contests between building and building, say? That there is energy enough in the college for this is shown by the interest taken in the scrub games of base-ball last year. This year, during almost every foot-ball match, there was a small illicit game going on in some corner of the field...