Word: strait
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...elevens were made up as follows Yale: rushers, Lentilhon, Clanson, Hanson, Newell, Lee, Strait (capt.), Townsend; quarter-back, Wurtemburg: halves, Morrison, Ireland; back, Tracy. Harvard: rushers, Crehore, Piper, Higginson, Woods, Dexter, Slocum (capt.) Harding; halves, Perry, Hunnewell; back, Sears. Referee, Mr. Herrick of Technology...
...Strait, '90, president of the Yale freshman foot-ball association, has been elected captain of the team...
...following are the positions and names of the Yale freshman team: Rushers; Strait, Lee, Newell, Hanson, Clawson, Townsend, Percy; quarter-back, Farnham; half-backs, Tracy, Ireland; back, Bayard...
...Princeton's play, let us look upon its merits. First there was the machinelike play of the team as a whole aided by the efficient umpire, which was a pleasure to see. The backing up of the man with ball always enabled him to pass it when in a strait, and the warding off of opposing tacklers made his path easy. Much of this latter was unfair as it was off-side, but it was done with such system that the thoroughness of preparation required cannot but be admired. The intentness on the game of the men was also good...
...major part of the address was devoted to the duty of individuals to sacrifice their own tastes and convenience for the good of mankind. Some call the total abstinence doctrine narrow, a "moral strait jacket," but the lecturer thought differently. "I propose," said he, "to do no act, to set no example, which, if followed, may bring ruin on my fellow...