Word: teams
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...want to put just a few words in your paper to cite a situation of questionable justice. I, an undergraduate, bought a season ticket and supported the football team by attending all the games throughout the season, preliminary to the Yale game. I wanted to see the Yale game and accordingly sent in my season ticket with four dollars for two seats. I had done all that any undergraduate could do; I had complied with every condition. When the seats were distributed I found that I had two seats in the extreme corner section, twenty-five yards behind the goal...
...yesterday afternoon because of the stiffness which still exists as a result of the game with Pennsylvania. They will resume work again today in secret practice. The substitutes played the second eleven yesterday and had considerable difficulty in advancing the ball. As the men had never before played together, team play was lacking and the whole offense was generally ragged. On the defense, however, the second eleven could make no gains, owing to the vigorous tackling of the substitute forwards. The second eleven has dropped the guardsback style of play, and is now developing a new offense. The team played...
...this year exceeded in numbers those of previous years, but were some-what inferior in playing ability. An unusual lack of heavy men existed. Now that the players have been selected for the various positions, to a certain extent, it is possible to form a definite idea of the team's ability...
...would exist if every man's energy were exerted at the right moment. Nevertheless, if the men continue to grasp the principles of football as rapidly as they have in the past ten days, they will undoubtedly form, at the end of the season, a reliable but not brilliant team, and one which will not be below the standard of previous years...
...team may be criticized individually as follows...