Word: scrubs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large number of foot-ball games between scrub elevens this fall shows that interest in the game is by no means on the wane at Harvard. The interest too which the class games excite is by no means small. All this gives promises of exciting contests next year, should the faculty again allow us to play our old antagonists. Foot-ball is a game which cannot die even in the face of numerous discouragements. To-day the second scheduled class game is to be played, and a large number of students will doubtless turn out and support their favorites. Eighty...
...very spirited scrub game between tables 42 and 40 on Jarvis Field yesterday, resulted in a score of 10 to 4 for table...
...present fair weather offers especial inducements for scrub games of foot-ball. The active formation of many elevens is already going on. No field of athletic enjoyment and profitable exercise presents so many attractions to the average non-athletic man as scrub foot-ball. Here he is fairly matched against men who know as little of the game as himself, and who can yell as loudly and do as little as himself. This system of scrub games is one of the best for fostering a lively interest in foot-ball, for by it men of every stamp of athletic attainment...
...that the foot-ball season has fairly obtained a start, we venture to suggest that the long established custom of playing scrub games be revived. One of the strongest arguments in support of this custom has been rendered ineffective by the inauguration of the class championship series, for, with four class elevens in constant practice and training, it can hardly be said that scrub games are needed to develop players for the 'varsity team. The second reason for the revival of scrub matches still remains in force, and to us it seems to be the one of most consequence...
...large number of students gathered on Holmes' yesterday afternoon to watch the practice of the nine. The weather was a trifle cool for spectators, but for the players nothing better could be asked. Captain Phillips divided the men into two nines, and a scrub game was played. Numerous changes were made during the game, but at the beginning the following was the composition of the two sides: - Chamberlain,' '86, p., Young, '89, c., Smith, '86, lb., H. Coolidge, '87, 2b., Holden, '88, 3b., W. T. Gray, '87, s. s., Foster, '87, 1. f., Gardner, '86, c. f., Litchfield...