Word: watkinson
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Rushers: Morrison, G. W. Beals, Goddard, Wheeler, Houghton, Holder, E. W. Beals; quarter-back, Kimball; half-backs, Peters, Hunt; full-back, Watkinson...
...singular, but not one of the colleges has this year produced a punter who has entitled himself to rank at all with Watkinson, Savage, Moffat Richards, Harlan, Shaw, Mason, Camp, Winton, Cutts, Watson and McNair...
...lighter. It is doubtful if it will average 165 pounds whereas it ought to average at least ten pounds heavier. Wallace, the best end rush in the country, is laid up at present with a sprained ankle and may not be able to play for a week or more. Watkinson's play at half-back is sadly missed, and it is doubtful if those long low, wicked punts of his will ever be duplicated by any player. Morrison, who was one of last year's half-backs, kicks fairly well, but the ball goes too high in the air. Graves...
...principal difficulty the team will have this year will be in filling the halfback position left vacant by the death of George A. Watkinson after the Princeton game last year. Buchanan, who was one of last year's strongest players, will be unable to play this year owing to illness. Wurtemburg, one of last year's substitutes, will probably be a regular man on the team. The Freshman Class will furnish Rhodes, McClure, Perrin, McClellan, and others as material from which to draw. The first game will be played here with Wesleyan next Thursday. Harvard, Princeton, and Yale will...
...sophomore and freshman classes at Yale wear a piece of black crape in their button-holes as a token of mourning for the death of Watkinson...