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...these games there was brutal fighting with the firsts where the men had to be separated by other players, or by the judges and referee, or by the bystanders and the police. We say one such case in the Harvard-Princeton game, two in the Harvard-Yale game, three in the Yale-Princeton game, and three in the Wesleyan-Pennsylvania game...
...addition to these fights there were numerous instances where a single blow was struck, instances that occurred in every one of the games. A man was felled by a blow in the face in the Harvard-Princeton game, in the Harvard-Yale game, in the Yale-Princeton game. In the Westeyan-Pennsylvania game a man was thrown unfairly, out of bounds, by an opposing player. Then, as he was rising, but before he was on his feet, his antagonist turned, struck him in the face and knocked him down, and returned in triumph with the ball...
That the game is dangerous, needs no argument. In the Harvard-Princeton game, two men were hurt so badly that they had to be replaced by substitutes, and in the Yale-Princeton game at least three men were forced to withdraw. Slighter injuries, causing temporary cessation of hostilities, but not compelling the player to leave the field, were common, and cut and bruised faces, black eyes, and bloody noses were frequently seen...
...roughest game of the season was undoubtedly the Univ. of Pennsylvania-Wesleyan game on last Thursday morning. The Athletic Committee attended both this game and the Yale-Princeton game...
...special wire of the CRIMSON to New York gave out on Thursday evening, so that we were unable to give the decision of the referee, calling the Yale-Princeton foot ball game a draw, in yesterday's paper. The foot ball convention will now have to decide which college has the championship...