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A History of Yale Athletics
1840-1888
GIVING EVERY CONTEST WITH
HARVARD, PRINCETON, PENNSYLVANIA,
COLUMBIA, WESLEYAN,
AND OTHERS IN
Rowings Foot Ball^ Base Ball^
Track AthleticSj Tennis^
By
RICHARD M. HURD, Yale, '88.
With Illustrations and complete Tables of Statistics.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.:
R. M. HuRD, 241 Lawrance Hall,
Yale University.
COPYRIGHT, 1888
BY R. M. HURD,
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
rUTTLE, MOREHOUSE A TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
Rowing — 184.3-1888.
PERIOD PREVIOUS TO INTERCOLLEGIATE RACES
1843-1852
To Yale College belongs the honor of having the oldest
rowing club in America. On the 24th of May, 1843, ^
four-oared Whitehall boat arrived in New Haven under
the charge of William J. Weeks, '44. In the ownership
of this, seven men from the class of '44 were associated,
the expense to each for the year's rowing being $7.19.
Stimulated by their example, the students purchased
three other boats, a Whitehall boat, a log canoe and a
lapstreak gig for eight oars. In these the oarsmen in-
dulged in friendly " scrub races," and took many long
pulls, the longest being across the Sound. The first Yale
boat race in which stipulated agreements were made
beforehand, occurred in the summer of 1844, when the
crew of the dug-out canoe challenged the crew of the
lapstreak gig to a race to the Lighthouse, some four miles
from the starting-point. One of the conditions of the
race was that the start should be made when both crews
were upon the pier ; so that the skill and practice of the
crew of the dug-out in getting her Irom her moorings
and on board should counterbalance the natural advan-
tage of the light boat. Another stipulation was that
neither of the crews should do anything to their boats in
the meantime, in the way of cleansing or preparing the
bottom in any way for the race. On the day appointed,
the crews leaped into their boats and struck out into the
stream. All went well with both crews while they were
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in the swift current under the bridge, but when the still
water was reached the gig seemed to hang strangely
between each stroke. The crew redoubled their efforts,
but finding this of no avail, and becoming aware that some
trick had been played upon them, put for the shore. Here
it was discovered that a stout ring had been screwed into
the keelson of the gig and a good-sized boulder attached.
It was the universal belief that neither crew had broken
any of the articles of agreement, in doing anything to the
bottoms of their own boat.
One year after the advent of the Pioneer, the first Yale
boat, a thirty-foot, six-oared craft, called the Excelsior,
was launched, which was the first race boat built for
Yale. This, being manned by a crew of strong and good
oarsmen, gave a great impetus to racing and good boat
building at Yale. In 1845, the Augusta was bought for
$170, which had cost to build some years before, $300.
In 1847 also the eight-oared, thirty-eight foot Shawmut
was purchased, in which the first race against Harvard
was rowed. In 185 1 three boats were bought, in 1852
two boats, and in 1853 two more, making in all fifteen
boats owned by class clubs of Yale undergraduates dur-
ing the first ten years of the existence of rowing as a
recognized pastime at Yale. Of these six were eight-
oared, six four-oared, and three six-oared, and all but four
were bought second-hand.
INTERCOLLEGIATE PERIOD
1852
In this year Yale sent a challenge to Harvard, a short
time before the summer vacation, and on August 3d,
Harvard defeated Yale at Centre Harbor, Lake Winne-
pisaukee. The race was rowed in eight-oared barges on
a calm day over a course about two miles long. In the
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morning of the same day an informal or practice race was
rowed over the same course, with the same result.
Some idea of the amount of preparation for this race
may be had from the remark of one of the Harvard crew,
that '* they had only rowed a few times for fear of blister-
ing their hands." The only idea of training was the
avoiding of pastry and sweets on the day of the race.
The fittings of the boats used were very much like those
of a man-of-war's gig now-a-days, each seat having a
baize-covered cushion, the thole-pins being flat and fitted
into the gunwale, and there being gratings at each end of
the boat.
The effect of this race was to lead the Yale boat clubs
to the idea of racing among themselves, and with this end
in view, the six- active boat clubs in June, 1853, adopted a
general constitution, by which they were known collec-
tively as the '' Yale Navy." The chief officer of the
** Navy " was the Commodore, whose duty it was to
make arrangements for an annual regatta. This office
was first conferred upon Richard Waite, brother of the
late Chief Justice of the United States, in recognition of
his being the originator of the " Yale Navy." The intro-
duction of systematized racing tended to a uniformity in
the style of boat used, and the six-oared soon became the
prevailing type.
1855
A challenge was again sent by Yale to Harvard in this
year, and a race was rowed on the Connecticut River at
Springfield, July 21. The day was showery with a light
breeze, but with smooth water. The Yale crew rowed a
short, jerky stroke, more than sixty to the minute, and
although they had the better boats were no match for the
powerful physique and real skill of the Harvard men.
This race was watched by thousands and the excitement
was very great.
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1858
In May of this year a proposal was made in the Harvard
Magazine to establish an annual Intercollegiate Regatta,
and for this purpose delegates from Harvard, Brown,
Trinity and Yale met at New Haven. This convention
decided upon holding an annual regatta, the place for
that year to be Springfield, and in future to be named
one year in advance. The other stipulations were that
the course should be three miles, either straight-away or
with a turn, according to weather ; that each college
should enter as many boats as it pleased, with or without
coxswains, and of any description it pleased, and that an
allowance of 1 1 seconds per extra oar should be made in
favor of the smaller boats.
The sad accident of the drowning of Mr. George E.
Dunham, '59, of the Yale crew, six days before the time
appointed for the race, prevented the contest of this year.
The work of the Harvard crew this year consisted in
walking, running, gymnasium work, tossing 12 lb. cannon
ball, etc. Their diet was severe, no vegetables but rice
being allowed, no fish, only beef, mutton, stale bread, oat-
meal gruel, and small quantities of milk and water. The
most trying part of the training was the endurance of
thirst.
1859
A meeting of delegates from the four colleges met at
Providence, February 23d, at which it was voted that the
next regatta should be held July 22 at Springfield or
Worcester, but later the place selected for the race was
changed to Lake Quinsigamond, and the date changed to
July 26. On this day four boats competed, two from
Harvard and one each from Brown and Yale. An en-
croachment by the Avon, Harvard's second boat, com-
pelled Yale to steer a wide course and Harvard's first
boat getting a winning lead, Yale finished second. The
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next day, July 27th, Yale and Harvard were alone entered
to compete for the Worcester Citizen's Prize. The race
was an exciting one, the boats being nearly neck-and-
neck throughout. At the mile the two boats fouled for a
moment but got clear. Yale began to turn first, but turn-
ing slowly, was lapped by Harvard as they started for
the homestretch. Yale was rowing forty-eight and fifty
to the minute, and for a moment falling to forty-six. Har-
vard gained a clear length. As they neared the finish the
Yale stroke calling for a spurt, sent the stroke up to
forty-eight, fifty — sixty, and crossed the line two seconds
ahead of Harvard. As Harvard rowed without a cox-
swain she probably found the wind blowing across the
course a disadvantage although it could hardly have im-
peded her much, since she made the best time she had
ever made.
The Harvard crew rowed in a new boat which was too
light for them. The Yale crew rowed in a shell which
they only received three days before the race and in
which they used spoon oars ten and a half feet long in
place of the twelve and a half and thirteen feet straight
oars with which they had practiced in their lapstreaks.
They were thus obliged to put their stroke up to fifty or
sixty, in place of the thirty-eight they had been rowing.
The chief points of their stroke were, a good strong catch,
full thigh and loin movement before the oars were past
the perpendicular, a clean feather and a prompt, easy
recover. Their course of training was most severe.
Their diet consisted of meat, oatmeal, and coarse bread,
with occasional fruit. They ran four miles before break-
fast, the last half mile at speed. At noon they pulled
weights and wrestled for an hour, and in the evening they
pulled the full course round the red buoy. Their average
weight was 148 pounds which represents very '' fine "
condition.
The result of this first victory over Harvard, was the
establishment of a system of permanent boat clubs on the
plan of the English college clubs, for the purpose of bet-
ter organization. The clubs organized were three in num-
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ber, the ''Glyuna," the "Varuna," and the ''Nixie," and
the number of the members of each was unlimited.
The victory of this year likewise caused all the three
lower classes in Yale to challenge the three correspond-
ing classes in Harvard, of whom the Sophomores and
Freshmen accepted.
The first Yale boat house was erected in this year, and
consisted of a rough shed in which the boats could be
stored. The boats had to be carried down and launched
from the natural bank, which necessitated, at low water,
several yards of walking through mud.
i860
The third Intercollegiate Regatta came off at Worces-
ter, July 24th, with Harvard, Brown, and Yale competing
in six-oared shells. The University race was rowed in
good weather and won by Harvard, who also won both
the Sophomore and Freshman races against the Yale
Sophomores and Freshmen. All the Yale boats carried
coxswains, while the Harvards did not. The Yale Uni-
versity crew of this year was a strong one, but fell into the
mistake of cultivating gymnasium muscle too much, and
lacked practice together under favorable conditions.
They had practiced so much in their shell in rough water
that their stroke had become chopped, and the reach and
play of the back and loins greatly lessened. Another
mistake they made was that of adhering to a short stroke.
Owing largely to the breaking out of the Civil War,
and partly, also, to obstacles put in the way of intercol-
legiate contests by the Faculties of Harvard and Yale,
no race was rowed between the two until 1864, although
Yale made an attempt to institute a race in 1863.
Up to March, 1862, forty boats had been owned by the
Yale Navy, of which eighteen remained, — ten shells, five
common race boats and three barges. In the Fall of
1862, the undergraduates raised $1,000 for the erection of
a new boat-house, but failing of help from the towns-
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people and receiving only $150 from graduates, the
scheme would have failed entirely had not Professors
Silliman, '37, and Oilman, '52, and Treasurer Kingsley,
'34, advanced $2,000 which they borrowed on a mortgage
of the prospective property. During the summer of 1863,
a building was constructed ninety by fifty-five feet, which
rested on piles driven in the fiats just north of the steam-
boat storehouse. The entire cost of this was $3,400.
The manner in which boats were launched appears
decidedly primitive. The piles on which the house stood
were arranged in parallel rows, and between these the
boats were lowered by tackle through doors in the floor-
ing of the house. The crew descended by a ladder and
walked along the keelson to their places, their oars being
then handed to them. After a series of misadventures, a
float was built in front of the house and the holes in the
floor nailed up. The Navy now owning property needed
some legal incorporation, so that in 1863 a law was passed
by the Connecticut Legislature, by which the Yale Navy
was authorized to exist, to hold and convey property and
transact its affairs as it deemed convenient.
1864
Early in this year a meeting of delegates from Harvard
and Yale was held at Springfield, at which it was agreed
that no other colleges should be invited to contest besides
the two represented. The race was rowed July 29th and
resulted in a victory for Yale. The Harvard Sophomores,
however, defeated the Yale Sophomores quite easily.
Yale's University victory was almost entirely due to the
untiring and enthusiastic efforts of Mr. Wilbur R. Bacon,
'65, who was considered at that time to be the best oar
that ever sat in a Yale boat.
Despite the discouraging outlook at the beginning of
the year the best material at Yale was picked out and a
green crew was kept at work and inspired by the energy
of Bacon. The training they went through was tremen-
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dous. It lasted in its severity about two months before
the race. They rose at six, walked and ran before break-
fast, on an absolutely empty stomach between three and
five miles, — running more than one-half of the distance
and part of that at full speed, — and often carried small
weights in their hands. They rowed four miles at full
speed both in the morning and in the afternoon. Their
bill of fare consisted of beef and mutton, with occasional
chicken, toasted bread, boiled rice and weak tea. No
wine or beer and but few vegetables. This crew offered
an excellent example of what good discipline and hard
work can do, even though united with bad style, for that
their form was poor, is undeniable.
1865
On the 28th of July, the annual regatta was rowed on
Lake Quinsigamond, between Harvard and Yale only.
Wilbur Bacon's crew had improved both in style and
strength, and had an excellent boat. The Harvard boat
was an experiment, being broad and flat with a slight
keel, and was a decided failure.
The race was easily won by Yale in 17 min. 42 J/^ sec,
the fastest time ever made in America for a three-mile
race with a turn. In the Worcester Citizen's Regatta
Yale again defeated Harvard.
1866
The defeats of the two previous years caused the Har-
vard men to set to work in earnest this year. Beginning
early in the Fall, they ran every other day five or six
miles at half speed. Their system of diet became more
liberal, the motto now being Keep all the flesh you can and
do the prescribed work, instead of as formerly, train off all
the flesh you can. This diet was kept up to the day of the
race, the result being a well-trained crew in much fuller
flesh than usual, but with no over-trained men in the boat.
New weights were used, gymnastic exercise and outdoor
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walking and running practiced until in the Spring they
could row on the river.
Both University crews were heavier this year than last,
the Harvard crew averaging nearly 154 lbs., and Yale
being heavier still. Harvard quickened the stroke she
had used, up to 42-43 strokes, while Yale changed their
short spasmodic stroke to a much longer and slower one,
which they rowed, however, principally with their arms.
Harvard won the race easily by about half a minute,
and the Harvard Scientifics likewise defeated the Yale
Scientifics.
1867
On July 19th, at Lake Quinsigamond, the Seventh
Intercollegiate Regatta was rowed between Harvard and
Yale, and resulted in an easy victory for Harvard by over
one minute. The Harvard crew trained on the same
good principles they adopted the year before, and came
to the line with a crew averaging 158^ lbs. In the Fresh-
man race, the Yale crew defeated the Harvard. Both
crews claimed a foul but both claims were disallowed.
1868
Great things were expected of the Harvard crew of
this year, as they had made a remarkably good showing
against the famous Ward brothers. These expectations
were realized on the 24th of July, when Harvard defeated
Yale by nearly a minute. Harvard rowed forty-five
strokes to the minute and used rather shorter oars than
are now used. Their time was 17 min. 48^^ sec, second
only to that made by the Yale crew of 1865.
In this year rowing was reorganized at Yale, the
** English " scheme of boat clubs being abandoned and a
Constitution of the Yale Navy being adopted, by which
class clubs were formed, four from the Academic and one
from the Sheffield Scientific School.
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1869
Ever since Harvard's severe defeat of Yale in 1867,
negotiations had been going" on at intervals between
Harvard and Oxford, and on the 27th of August a four-
oared race was rowed between them from Putney to
Mortlake, resulting in a victory for Oxford by six seconds.
Considering the fact that two of the Harvard men were
badly overtrained, and that Harvard was obliged to yield
to every one of Oxford's demands in regard to carrying
coxswains, the course, etc., she made a remarkably good
showing.
The sending of this four-oar to England very nearly
prevented a race with Yale this year; however, a six-oar
was organized, which on the 23d of July defeated the
Yale crew by nine seconds in a hard-fought race. Two
of the Harvard crew immediately sailed for England and
rowed against Oxford.
This race did not so much bring disgrace to Yale, for
she rowed a very fast race, — as it did bring great credit to
Harvard for turning out two such excellent crews.
1870
The races came oft this year on the 22d of July, the
Freshman race coming first, between Harvard, Brown,
Amherst, and Yale. It was a remarkable race in being
the first in which the crew of any other college won a
victory over Harvard and Yale. The Yale Freshmen
did not wish to have Brown and Amherst in the race, but
were obliged to yield this point to Harvard. The Har-
vard and Yale boats collided, but, getting clear, were
beaten by Brown.
In the University race the course was as usual, three
miles with a turn, and both boats were obliged to turn
about the same stake in spite of Yale's urgent request for
separate turning stakes. The crews started off. Harvard
rowing 48 and Yale 44 to the minute, and kept close to
each other till the turn, where Yale was slightly in the
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lead but was obliged to stop and allow Harvard to turn,
she having drawn the inside course. As Harvard was
turning, the tips of her oars were under the stake-float,
and the buoy was upset and struck her boat, while Yale
in making the turn directly behind could not prevent
bumping Harvard owing to the sudden stop she made.
Harvard's steering-gear was rendered useless and she
rowed in i min. 45 sec. behind the Yale crew. In the
meeting at which the referee decided the winner of the
race, Yale admitted fouling Harvard, but made a counter-
charge of foul against Harvard for forcing Yale out of
her course, which claim not being admitted, the race was
given to Harvard.
In June of this year a new Constitution was adopted,
by which the "Yale Navy" was changed to the ''Yale
University Boat Club," and the title of its chief officer
changed from " Commodore " to " President," it being
provided, also, that he should not be a member of the
crew.
1871
Ever since the defeat of 1866, Yale had been hostile to
the Worcester course, and so intense was the feeling after
the race of '7O) that at a boating meeting the resolution
was passed that *' No Yale crew should be allowed to
challenge any Harvard crew, except for a straight-away
race." In accordance with this a challenge was sent to
Harvard, the only reply to which was a request four
months later that Yale should send delegates to the con-
vention to be held at Springfield to establish a union
regatta of American colleges.
Yale replied by requesting that the existing challenge
should be disposed of outside of any convention, except
one of the two colleges concerned. Harvard nevertheless
organized the *' Rowing Association of American Col-
leges," with the support of Brown, Amherst, and Bow-
doin. Yale voted to have nothing to do with this regatta,
and the crew disbanded, countermanding their order for
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a new boat. Harvard foreseeing the insignificance of the
regatta should Yale fail to take part, wrote a letter urging
Yale to enter the regatta and offering to row her a separate
race if she refused to do so. Harvard insisted, however,
on the right of the challenged party to name time and
place, which meant but a repetition of the old turn-about
course at Worcester. Yale voted, therefore that Harvard
should be notified that Yale considered this a non-accept-
ance of her challenge, and that as the crew was disbanded
and the season well advanced, no future acceptance of the
challenge would be recognized. The Harvard men here-
upon reversed their policy and offered to row Yale a race
of any kind (straight-away or turning) at any time and
place and for any distance. This was rejected by Yale by
a vote of I20 to 90, chiefly because the crew were out of
training.
In the race between Harvard, Brown, and Massachu-
setts Agricultural College, the latter won easily, defeating
Harvard by 37 seconds.
1872
This victory of a small college of a hundred and fifty
men over Harvard rendered all the other small colleges
eager to try their luck, and Harvard was thus obliged to
continue the " Rowing Ass. of Amer. Coll." Owing to
the latest offer of the '71 Harvard crew to row Yale a
separate race, Yale might have easily obtained this from
Harvard, but the management at Yale changing hands,
the concession wrested from Harvard was given up, and
delegates entered Yale as a member of the Association.
The defeat of Harvard, which so stimulated the smaller
colleges, appears to have taken away a large amount of in-
terest in boating at Harvard itself, so that great difficulty
was experienced in getting a crew together. An entirely
new set of men were chosen, the old oars refusing to row.
Despite the fact that the diet of this crew was more lib-
eral than usual, with fruit and vegetables in moderation
and with occasional ale, they came to the line somewhat
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overtrained. The Yale crew was memorable as being
the worst that ever assumed to represent Yale, and also
for containing the freshman, who, as captain and stroke
for the four succeeding years, ultimately brought more
improvement and prestige to Yale oarsmanship than any
other individual ever connected with it. It is hardly
necessary to say that this was Mr. Robert J. Cook, '76.
Six crews were entered for the University race, and
finished, in the following order: Amherst, Harvard, Mas-
sachusetts Agricultural, Bowdoin, Williams and Yale.
Yale was not only the last of the six boats but was
defeated by a minute and three-quarters. In the fresh-
man race, Yale was defeated by Wesleyan, the other com-
peting crews being Amherst and Brown. It is worthy
of notice that the Harvard crew this year sat on the sides
of their boat, although from 1866 to 1871 and from 1875
on, their seats were in the middle of the boat.
1873
This second defeat of Harvard by a small college, and
the disgraceful defeat of Yale by five crews, increased the
confidence and enthusiasm of the smaller colleges to such
an extent that eleven colleges took part in the race of
this year, Wesleyan, Columbia, Cornell, Amherst, Dart-
mouth, Massachusetts Agricultural, Bowdoin, Trinity,
Williams, Harvard and Yale.
The race of '73 is notable both for the intense interest
then shown in rowing, and for the misunderstanding by
which the champion flags were given to Harvard at the
end of the race instead of to Yale.
Yale's crew was a great improvement on any Yale crew
seen for many years, for, although not remarkable physi-
cally, it had been infused by the energy and spirit of its
captain, and had been taught the principles of good row-
ing which he had learned in a trip to England. Har-
vard's crew was also a very good one, well trained and
rowing in excellent form.
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At the start Harvard and Yale took the lead, with Wil-
liams and Trinity in the rear, and the seven other crews at
intermediate positions. For an instant the oars of Har-
vard and Yale were interlocked, but the boats becoming
free, Harvard steered to the east bank and Yale to the
west. For two miles, Harvard kept slightly ahead of
Yale, with the other crews dropping more and more to
the rear, but during the third mile Yale drew up and
passed her. Wesleyan followed close upon Yale and
crossed the line second, with Harvard third, on the other
side of the river.
The presentation of the flags to the Harvard crew with-
out the permission of the referee, by a Harvard graduate,
to whose care they had been entrusted, was most unfor-
tunate, both in leading the Yale crew to believe that
Harvard had snatched the flags to throw a cloud over
the victory they could not prevent, and in intensifying
the bitterness of defeat to the Harvard crew, by the
necessity of surrendering the emblems of triumph after
such a brief enjoyment of them. The fact of there being
a diagonal finish line furnished material for much contro-
versy.
In 1873, a constitution of the Yale University Boat
Club was for the first time properly drafted and printed,
and the practice of twenty years disregarded in the elec-
tion to the office of President of a graduate student,
Charles H. Ferry, '72, of Chicago. Elected to office just
as the announcement was made that the owners of the
site of the boat-house required the immediate removal of
that building, he devoted himself with untiring energy
to the task of building a better one. Inspiring the enthu-
siasm of alumni and undergraduates alike b}^ his story of
the three Yale victories, in the University, freshman and
single-scull races over fifteen colleges at Springfield, he
succeeded in raising all of the $16,500 needed except be-
tween $1,000 and $2,000, which was paid off a couple of
years later. The building plans were those of Cum-
mings and Sears of Boston and the building contract was
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awarded to Kenney and Phelps. The expenses were as
follows :
Lot, 75x100 feet, $4,500
Piling, floats and bridges % . 1,500
Dredging, 500
Interior fittings of furniture, 1,500
Building contract, 8,500
Total outlay, $16,500
The largest contributors were Messrs. Henry Farnam,
Robert Bonner, G. P. Wetmore, F. W. Stevens, George
A. Adee, G. St. J. Sheffield, A. M. Wheeler, Charles H.
Ferry, and Frederick Wood.
The boat house was opened June 9, 1875, speeches
being made by President Porter, '31, Professor Brewer,
'52, Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, '59, and William C. Gulli-
ver, '70. The University and Freshman crews had a race
of about a mile, beginning and ending at the boat house,
and in the evening a ball was held. To give a short
description of the boat house, the first floor is devoted to
the storage of boats, being twelve feet high, with a water
front of eighty-three feet, having five doors and bridges
leading down to the float. The second story, surrounded
on three sides by a broad piazza, consists of a reception
room, dressing-rooms for the University and class crews,
president's office, janitor's room, baths, closets, etc. The
boat house bears a general resemblance to that of the
London Rowing Club, but is in several respects superior
to it.
1874
The convention of this year was held in Hartford, Jan-
uary 21, with delegates from twelve colleges present.
Harvard brought forward three propositions which, being
opposed by Yale and eight other colleges were lost.
They were: i. That no more colleges be allowed to
enter the association. 2, That professional school stu-
dents be eligible for the crews ; and 3, that the next race
be rowed at New London.
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Owing to a curious cry raised in the New England
newspapers, the offer of the Saratoga hotel-keepers to
pledge any necessary amount of money to meet the
expenses of management, was formally rejected and all
chances of a well-conducted regatta lost.
The 15th of July was the day appointed for the races,
but the water was so rough that the freshman race was
not rowed until just before sunset, and the single-scull
race almost in the dark. In the freshman race Princeton
won, defeating Yale and Brown, Harvard not entering a
crew. In the single-scull race A. Wilcox of Yale, '74,
defeated A. L. Devins of Harvard, '74, by ten lengths,
and E. L. Phillips, of Cornell, '75, by fifteen or twenty
lengths.
The University race, after three days postponement on
account of rough weather, was rowed in the morning of
the i8th July with nine crews contesting, Columbia,
Wesleyan, Williams, Cornell, Dartmouth, Trinity, Prince-
ton, Harvard and Yale.
Harvard and Yale starting off at 34 and 33 strokes to
the minute respectively, rowed '* a waiting race," while
Columbia started with a spurt, rowing 38. At the mile
Columbia led by half a length with Harvard second, Yale
third, Wesleyan fourth, and the rest well in the rear.
Here Yale steered wildly, crossing Harvard's stern to
the west and soon dropping a little behind and crossing
her stern to the east. In the next half mile Harvard and
Yale gained on Columbia, while Wesleyan fell behind
slightly. Here Yale began her spurt, and quickly got
even with Columbia and quarter of a length ahead of
Harvard. As Harvard was beginning her spurt a foul
occurred between Yale and her, during which Columbia
got a winning lead, and Wesleyan, which had been three
lengths behind, passed both crews and came in second.
By the foul Yale's rudder was broken and her bow's oar
broken, so she gave up rowing. The referee allowed
the results of the race to stand in spite of the rule of the
association, that *' in case of a foul the race shall be rowed
over again, unless the umpire shall decide the winning
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boat had sufficient lead at the moment of the foul, to war-
rant its having the race assigned to it."
Immediately after the race the Yale crew challenged
the Harvard crew to a separate race, but were informed
that, owing to their conduct during and directly after the
race, no challenge would be entertained from them.
The conduct alluded to was the bandying of epithets
between the two crews and the mutual accusations that
the foul had been purposely brought about. More hatred
was brought about by this mishap than by the blunder
about the flags in the previous year, and so the mutual
enmity and distrust held these two rival colleges for
another year in the meshes of the general regatta associ-
ation.
1875
The annual convention held in Hartford, January 13,
was attended by the delegates of the colleges which had
been represented at Saratoga the previous summer. Am-
herst, Bowdoin, and Massachusetts Agricultural had for-
feited their membership by not sending a crew. Am-
herst, however, was readmitted, and of the four colleges
which applied for admission, Union and Hamilton were
admitted, and Rutgers and the college of the city of New
York were rejected. Yale's propositions as to the fencing
off of the course by buoys, and the amendment of the
racing rules were carried.
For the freshman race Cornell defeated Harvard,
Brown and Princeton, Yale entering no crew. In the
single-scull race Julian Kennedy, '75 S. Yale, defeated
W. F. Weld, Harvard, by half a minute. In the Uni-
versity race thirteen boats took part, Cornell, Columbia,
Dartmouth, Wesleyan, Amherst, Brown, Williams, Bow-
doin, Hamilton, Union, Princeton, Harvard and Yale.
The first six boats finished in a bunch, the sixth being
within 211/2 seconds of the winner, and in the following
order: Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, Dartmouth, Wes-
leyan, and Yale. The second division of crews came in
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in the following order: Amherst, Brown, Williams, Bow-
doin ; all within 21 seconds of each other.
The third division consisted of Hamilton and Union,
with "no time taken," and finally Princeton, which had
stopped at the two miles with a sick man for passenger.
Thus Yale, although beaten by five crews, came within
21^ seconds of the winning crew, which was, with one
exception, the closest approximation to victory a defeated
Yale crew had had up to that time.
Another memorable thing in regard to this regatta,
besides the closeness of the crews, was the success of the
plan of rowing in " lanes," a hitherto untried experiment.
Great good feeling existed after the race, the Harvard
and Yale crews joining in a procession in honor of the
victors and fraternizing to such a degree that the news-
papers took it to be a sign of the perpetuity of the row-
ing association, whereas those behind the scenes knew
that both the Harvard and Yale crews would recommend
their boat clubs to withdraw from the association and re-
establish the annual Harvard-Yale race.
1876
By a vote of the Y. U. B. C. Yale withdrew from
the general rowing association and challenged Harvard
to an eight-oared, four-mile race. Harvard accepted
promptly, but, influenced by the newspapers, decided to
row once more in the general regatta before leaving it.
Yale wanted the race at New London, but Harvard
decided in favor of Springfield, and named June 30th as
the time. All undergraduates of either college, and all
of its graduates who were studying there for a second
degree, were declared eligible for the crews. The day
of the race was a favorable one, there being but a slight
breeze. Yale took the west bank, and led during the
whole race, winning by half a minute. The Yale stroke
was very regular, never being below 32 or above 34, and
not varying from 33 for the last half of the race, while
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Harvard's stroke ranged from 35 to 40, and showed the
same rate for scarcely two succeeding minutes.
The Yale and Harvard boats were of cedar and were
the first eight-oared shells that ever competed in America.
In the general regatta on Saratoga Lake, Cornell won,
with Harvard second. As Yale defeated Harvard by
half a minute in four miles, and Cornell defeated her by
only four seconds in three miles, the Saratoga race was
considered by Yale men to demonstrate the superiority
of their crew to»any college crew afloat of that year.
On September ist the Yale crew, four-oared, and con-
sisting of R. J. Cook, (bow), W. W. Collins, D. H. Kel-
loggj and J. Kennedy, (stroke), won the international and
24 ROWING.
intercollegiate regatta, of the Centennial Exhibition on
the Schuylkill river, Philadelphia, defeating Columbia,
and ist Trinity, Cambridge, England. They received an
official award and a trophy of gold and silver valued at
$1,000.
1877
Harvard's withdrawal from the general regatta so
effectually discouraged the smaller colleges, that but
three of them met together to make arrangements for a
race in this year. Columbia and Princeton wanted a
four-oared contest, while Cornell wanted an eight-oared,
in order to compare the result with that of the Yale-fiar-
vard race, and in order that the winners of these two
races might compete. Harvard and Yale declining Cor-
nell's proposals, no crew was formed there, and Colum-
bia alone had a crew in training, which, finding no one to
compete with, disbanded. The ** Rowing Association of
New England Colleges " originated by Dartmouth, failed
completely also, this year, not a single crew beginning
to train. Yale and Harvard were thus the only New
England colleges where there was any boat-racing dur-
ing the summer of 1877.
The race took place at Springfield over the same
course, as the previous year, on the 30th of June. The
race was twice postponed on account of rough water,
and was rowed in such a heavy sea that the only wonder
was that both crews did not swamp. Harvard gained
slowly but gradually through the race and won by seven
seconds. The race was the most exhausting ever rowed
in America, and the close finish proved that the crews
were wonderfully well matched. During the last mile of
the race the crews splashed badly and the outriggers,
cutting through the waves, caused much water to be
shipped. By an oversight, Yale had no washboards and
had in addition the roughest course. It was, however, a
most creditable and exciting contest. Both Harvard and
Yale used this year paper shells built by Waters of Troy.
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1878
Harvard had this year the choice of the course and
chose New London, although Yale now preferred Spring-
field. The Yale crew chose quarters at Gale's ferry, on
the Groton side of the Thames, about a mile above the
starting point, and came down there nine days before the
race. The Harvard crew took quarters a mile lower
down, and came down four days before the race.
The race occurred on the 28th of June, with Yale in
the west course. Harvard at once took the lead and in-
creased it till the finish, winning by forty-five seconds. The
contest was distinguished as being the first aquatic event
between American colleges of which the management
was satisfactory to both oarsmen and spectators. The
advantages of New London, consisting of its easy access
from the great cities, the clear course, and the " moving
grand-stand " of platform-cars running along the west
bank of the river, were enthusiastically dwelt upon by all
describing the race, and the sentiment that the annual
race had at last found its proper home, was very gener-
ally expressed.
1879
On the day appointed for the race the water was so
rough that it was only after two postponements, and at
half-past seven in the evening, that the race was actually
started. The breeze had almost died out, and the tide
was the last of the ebb. At the start Yale took the lead,
but was quickly passed by Harvard, rowing 38 to Yale's
36. Yale's form was very poor and her rowing ragged,
while Harvard was doing magnificent work. At the
second mile Harvard led by ten lengths ; and a proces-
sion took place, in which Yale was distanced by a minute
and forty -three seconds, or over quarter of a mile. This
overwhelming defeat was due to the difference in skill of
the two crews, Harvard being, as the papers stated, near
perfection, while as for Yale the spectators were amazed
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to " see how badly they could row." The arrangements
at New London were all that could be desired, and as-
sured the continuance of this place as the scene of the
annual race.
1880
The first start of the race of this year was made about
quarter of six in the evening of the ist of July. The
wind had died down, leaving a gentle swell. As both
crews took the water, Yale rowed 37 to the minute, while
Harvard rowed only 32, despite which Harvard led at
ten strokes. At this moment, however, the Yale boat
stopped and soon after Harvard did likewise. The cause
of this was a broken outrigger at No. 5, in the Yale boat.
The crews rowed back to their quarters and the spectators
on the observation train waited. At seven o'clock the
second start was made, with both crews rowing a higher
stroke — Harvard 39 and Yale 41. Yale, with a hard
spurt, gained a lead of a length at the half-mile flag.
From there on she grew gradually ahead, winning a hard-
fought race by eight lengths.
The observation train left New London for the starting
point at four o'clock in the afternoon of July ist, and the
usual postponement on account of rough water took
place. During the wait a severe rain storm occurred,
which, however, cleared the sky and smoothed the water.
After the crew had been recalled for a false start made
by Yale, a second start was made, in which Harvard got
rather the advantage, the Yale boat not being yet in
place. Yale, however, settled down to work and by the
fourth stroke had nearly caught Harvard and was rowing
48 to the minute. Passing Harvard by half a length she
dropped to 38, and kept this up till the last half mile.
At the mile flag, Yale led by five seconds ; during the sec-
ROWING. 27
ond mile Harvard gained two seconds, which Yale re-
gained in the third mile. Yale stuck to her 38, while
Harvard quickened their stroke several times to diminish
the gap. In the last half mile both crews put up the
stroke, Yale doing 44 to Harvard's 40, and finishing a
length and a half ahead. It was one of the hardest-
fought races ever rowed in America, in spite of which
both crews came in without any " done-up " men, which
testified to faithful and skillful training. The Yale boat
was a little too broad for her crew, requiring more
muscle to pull than one of sharper build. She used the
new Davis rigging, and was well pleased with it.
1882
This was the year of the well known ** eel-grass" race
— the most unsatisfactory race ever rowed between Har-
vard and Yale. Captain Hull of the Yale crew, with the
assistance of Mr. Davis, devised a new style of boat, with
the ultimate object of attaining a quick stroke. The oars
were separated from each other in pairs of starboard and
port, so much room being thus taken up that the boat
measured 68 feet, or nine feet longer than the average
racing shell. In this scheme, form was completely sacri-
ficed to rapidity of motion, the crew pulling a continual
spurt of never less than 42 to the minute for the whole
four miles. The only question in the minds of Yale's
friends was whether the crew would be able to put enough
force into each stroke to row fast. A little before twelve
o'clock, on the 30th of June, the crews started, Yale catch-
ing the water first and leading at a stroke of 48 to the
minute. At the mile Yale led by a length of clear water,
but the coxswain losing his head steered through a patch
of eel-grass near the east shore, owing to which they were
19 seconds behind Harvard at the mile and a half. Al-
though by this mistake the Yale crew lost eight lengths,
they were not discouraged, but spurted right to the finish
line. At the third mile Yale, pulling 45, was less than a
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length behind Harvard, pulling 42. At three miles and a
half the crews were almost even, when the coxswain, com-
pletely rattled, mistook the flags and steered over to the
west. Yale finished half a length behind Harvard, having
rowed every half mile faster than Harvard, except the
fourth half mile when in the eel-grass. The race was the
more disappointing from the fact that the Yale crew had
made faster time on New Haven harbor than any previous
crew. It is also remarkable to notice that, despite the eel-
grass, the Yale crew made the fastest time ever yet made
by any Yale crew over the New London course, either in
practice or in a race.
1883
Another victory was scored this year for the Crimson,
Yale having nearly the same crew of last year, and pulling
the same rapid stroke, while Harvard, having mastered
the principles of good rowing, tried no experiments, but
perfected her form in the so-called English stroke.
The race was started at 5:30 on the 29th of June.
There was some head wind, and both boats had wash-
boards. Yale got the better start but splashed badly,
with a 40 stroke. Harvard started with 40, but dropping
to 37, gained on Yale, leading her by a length at the mile.
Harvard's coxswain avoided the dangerous eel-grass, and
at the mile and a half Harvard had the race with three
lengths to her credit. The Yale crew now began to get
a little ragged, and seemed to lack life and snap. They
followed doggedly, however, behind the clean, easy swing
of the Harvard crew. Towards the finish Yale spurted
hopelessly to 46, and were defeated by fifteen lengths.
The result of this race, in regard to Yale rowing, was to
kill the " donkey-engine " stroke as it has been called,
and to lead Yale oarsmen back to the old stroke, with
which they had not, to be sure, been uniformly successful,
but with which they had never given Harvard such a
walk-over as the race of '83.
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1884
In this year the coaching of Mr. Robert J. Cook pro-
duced a Yale crew that was the finest that, up to this
time, ever sat on the water, and one that lowered the
record to 20 minutes, 31 seconds. The observation train
was a light one this year owing to a continued rain
storm. During the race, however, the clouds cleared a
little, and the wind died away, leaving beautiful water.
Yale started with 40, Harvard with 37. Yale drew away
gradually, being a length ahead at the mile. At the
mile and a half the two crews were even. The excite-
ment was tremendous. Yale stuck to the same steady
stroke, while Harvard was spurting to her limit. At the
two miles Harvard led by half a length. At the two and
a half mile flag the Yale boat drew ahead, while the Har-
vard men showed signs of great exhaustion. At the three
mile Yale had two lengths, and at the finish four lengths.
The Yale crew rowed its last mile in superb form and
finished in good condition.
1885
As the crews rowed up to the start this year, it was
noticed that Harvard had a new stroke, the chief charac-
teristics of which were the stronger pull in the middle of
the stroke, and the slow, controlled slide at the catch and
at the finish. The Yale crew appeared very heavy, but
their difference in size made the boat seem ragged. Their
stroke appeared to be almost the same as last year, only
somewhat faster and with a sharp hitch at the beginning.
It was, in a word, the Cook stroke, taught the crew by Mr.
Hull, and therefore adapted more or less to the " donkey-
engine " stroke of the latter. After the first ten strokes
Harvard led, in spite of Yale's rapid stroke and desperate
efforts. At the mile Harvard led by four lengths and
dropped her stroke, content to hold her lead. The Yale
crew were evidently laboring far more than Harvard, and
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their greater exertions were beginning- to tell on them.
At the beginning of the third mile of the race they en-
deavored to spurt, but, unable to stand the pressure, fell
back and came in a minute and a quarter behind the win-
ning crew. The Yale crew were poorly trained as well
as poorly coached, four men being over-trained and four
men under-trained. The time made, 25 minutes, 15 sec-
onds, was fair, considering the strong south wind that
blew up the course, and the rough water.
1886
With but one old man on the Yale crew, the chances
appeared greatly against Yale, to the uninitiated who
came down to New London in 1886. The personal efforts
of Mr. Cook in coaching, however, and the most devoted
work and most faithful training on the part of the crew
turned the tables and defeated almost the same men who
won such glory for Harvard the year before. It was in
this year that rowing may fairly be said to have got a
good foundation at Yale. The principles of good rowing
were diligently learned by the crew, all but one of whom
returned to college in 1887. Their services in coaching
class crews and in setting an example of good form to all
the rowing men of Yale can hardly be over-estimated. One
week before the Harvard race, Yale rowed a race with the
University of Pennsylvania, defeating her easily by about
twenty lengths. The Yale-Harvard race, which took place
July 2d, was postponed from the morning until afternoon
because of rough water, and was then rowed on the
flood tide up stream, from Winthrop's Point to Gale's
Ferry, being the first University race rowed up-stream.
Both crews started at 36 and were neck and neck for
nearly half a mile, when Yale's long stroke at 32 and
33 passed Harvard rowing 37. The fact that Harvard
did not lead at the start was considered most favorable
to Yale, it having been predicted that Harvard would
lead with her rapid stroke, and that Yale's only hope for
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victory lay in sticking to her long swing and passing
Harvard during the fourth mile. Between the two-and-a-
half-mile and three mile flags Harvard made a magnifi-
cent spurt, whose effectiveness was increased by the fact
that Yale was in slack water near the eel-grass. Yale,
getting clear, however, gained gradually and finished a
winner by seven lengths. This year Yale entered a
freshman crew in the race betwen the Harvard and
Columbia freshmen. The Yale freshmen were undoubt-
edly superior to their opponents both in form and strength,
but bad judgment in starting the race in rough water
deprived them of all chances of victory. In drawing for
courses the Harvard freshmen got the west, Columbia
the middle, and Yale the east course. By this arrange-
ment Harvard and partly also Columbia were protected
from the wind by the western shore, while Yale had
the roughest water and the full force of the wind. At
the start Columbia rowed 38, Yale 36, and Harvard 35,
but on the first ten strokes Yale drew away, with Colum-
bia next, and Harvard last. In quarter of a mile Yale ran
into rough water, and just before the half mile was
reached a large wave broke in the paper top of the shell,
swamping the boat. The Yale launch quickly rescued
the swimming oarsmen, and the race went on with both
remaining crews rowing in poor form. The Harvard
freshmen defeated the Columbia freshmen by four lengths,
the Columbia boat coming in half full of water.
1887
With seven victorious oarsmen in college the prospects
for a good crew this year were most flattering. Experience,
however, had taught Yale to beware of old crews and had,
moreover, taught her that, although Yale had sometimes
wretchedly slow crews, the standard of oarsmanship at
Harvard was uniformly higher, and that Harvard crews
even when beaten were always fast. The usual rowing
in the fall was done, and when the weather prevented
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work on the harbor, the crew rowed in a stationary barge
placed in a tank in the basement of the gymnasium.
Watermanship was thus practiced all the winter, in addi-
tion to the usual gymnasium work and out-of-door run-
ning. From the ist of March on, the crew had the ad-
vantage of the coaching of Mr. Percy Bolton, '86, S., who
had the advice and cooperation of Mr. Robert J. Cook.
The diet of the crew may be given as being fairly repre-
sentative of the latest ideas in regard to this branch of
the training. For breakfast and supper the crew ate oat-
meal, beefsteak, mutton-chops, eggs, stewed or baked
potatoes. For dinner, roast beef, mutton, fricasseed-
chicken, potatoes, rice, macaroni, tomatoes, puddings, and
watercresses in season. The work of the crew occupied,
on an average, three hours every afternoon, besides which
the men worked all the spring in pair-oars during the
mornings, as their recitations would permit.
A freshman race was rowed at New London between
the Yale freshmen and the Pennsylvania freshmen, the
Harvard freshmen refusing Yale's challenge. This re-
sulted in an easy victory for the Yale freshmen. In
another race the Harvard freshmen were defeated by
the Columbia freshmen.
Yale rowed a race with the University of Pennsylvania
this year again, and defeated her with ease by about five
lengths. Harvard also defeated Columbia, making, on
very fast water, the record time of 20 minutes, 20 seconds.
On the afternoon of the Harvard-Columbia race, the Yale
crew rowed three miles on this fast water, in a few sec-
onds under fifteen minutes, probably the fastest time ever
made for that distance by an eight-oared crew in America.
The Yale-Harvard race was started about seven o'clock
on Friday, July ist. It was a perfect evening, the only
drawback to a fast race being that the race was started
down the river before the tide had quite turned to run
out. The usual heavy observation train and procession
of steamers followed the race. The harbor was more than
usually gay, however, with some hundred and fifty yachts,
gaily decorated with flags. For half a mile Harvard had
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a slight advantage, but from there on Yale gradually drew
ahead, and won by five lengths, the superior quality of
her stroke manifesting itself more and more as the race
progressed. While Harvard was in the slack water near
the eel-grass, Yale did not gain as was expected, nor, on
the other hand, did Harvard gain on Yale when she had
the current below the two-and-a-half-mile flag. It was a
hard-fought race from start to finish, between two well-
matched crews, of which Harvard was probably the bet-
ter physically, while Yale rowed the more scientific
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ROWING.
NUMBER OF YEARS UNIVERSITY CREW MEN HAVE ROWED.
Yale. Harvard.
One year, . . . .64 men. 73 men.
Two years, ... 27 men. 33 men.
Three years, . . . .11 men. 17 men.
Four years, ... 12 men. 4 men.
Five years,
Total, . . .115 men. 127 men.
Note. — R. J. Cook, Yale, '76, is the only man who has rowed five years.
The following have rowed four years :
Fa/^.— Copp, '69 ; McCook, '73 ; Kennedy, '75 S.; Thompson, '79; Rogers,
'80 S.; Guernsey, '81 ; Storrs, '82 ; Hull, '83 ; Folsom, '83 ; Parrott, '83 ;
Rogers, '83 ; Flanders, '85.
Harvard. — Bancroft, '78 ; Jacobs, '79 ; Brigham, '80 ; Sawyer, 83.
MORTALITY TABLE OF UNIVERSITY CREW MEN.
Yale.
Harvard.
Crew of '52—3
Crew of '55—4
Crew of '58—1
Crew of '58—2
Crew of '59—1
('52-60)— 2
Crew of '59—1
Crew of '60—1
Crew of '65 — 2
('52-'6o)— 10
Crew of '68—1
('6o-'7o)— I
Crew of '68—1
('6o-'7o)— 4
Crew of '72—1
Crew of '76 — I
Crew of '76—1
('70-'8o)— I
Crew of '78—1
C70-'8o)-3
Crew of '80—1
('8o-'87)-i
('8o-'87)— 0
Total 7 Total, .... 15
Note. — Several of the deaths of the Yale oarsmen were due to accidents.
Harvard's larger number of deaths is in noticeably more natural sequence.
RESIDENCES OF UNIVERSITY CREW MEN.
Yale. Harvard.
Massachusetts, .... 9 78
New York, .... 31 16
Connecticut, ..... 38 2
Pennsylvania, .... 8 4
Illinois, ..... 6 4
Others, ..... 23 23
Total,
115
127
ROWING.
43
The following have contributed to Yale — N. J., 4 ; Ohio, 4 ; Maine, 3 ;
Georgia, 2 ; Iowa, 2 ; Kentucky, 2 ; Tennessee, Mississippi, Michigan, Can-
ada, Chili, Hawaiian Islands.
The following have contributed to Harvard — Maine, 3 ; N. J., 2 ; Georgia,
2 ; N. H., 3 ; Maryland, 2 ; Missouri, 2 ; California, 2 ; Hawaiian Islands,
2 ; Michigan, Mississippi, Vermont, S. C, Ohio.
Note. — These figures will be found to conform closely to the general
averages of Yale and Harvard men.
STATISTICS OF EIGHT-OARED
RACES.
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
Average,
Age.
Yale. Harvard.
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160
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168
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176
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Note. — It is interesting to note that neither age, weight, nor height have
any decided advantage, the oldest crews having won six times out of twelve,
the lightest seven times out of twelve, and the shortest six times out of ten.
It will thus be seen that the qualities that bring success in rowing are not to
be mathematically computed.
The essential similarity of the average Yale and Harvard oarsmen despite
differences between individual Yale and Harvard crews of three and a half
years in age, of eighteen pounds in weight and of three inches in height,
is also noticeable.
44
ROWING.
YALE AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY OARSMEN.
The names are arranged from bow to stroke, except of the earliest Yale
crew, the positions of which rest only on the authority of the memory of
their classmates.
f Indicates Captain.
Residences of Yale men are assumed to be in Connecticut, if not other-
wise indicated, and of Harvard men in Massachusetts.
Numerals represent "times" made.
1852
Halcyon of Yale, 10.^.
Albert E. Kent, '53, Suffield.
Joseph S. French, '53, Bridgeport.
Wm. C. Brewster, '53, McConnells-
ville, O.
Edward Harland, '53, Norwich.
Joseph Warren, '53, Columbia, N. Y.
Arthur E. Skelding, '53, Greenwich.
William L. Hinman, '53, New Haven,
fjames Hamilton, '53, Columbus, Ga.
Richard Waite (cox.), '53, Toledo, O.
Oneida of Harvard, 10.
Charles Miles, '53, Roxbury.
Charles F. Livermore, '53, Cambridge.
Wm. H. Cunningham, '53, Boston.
John Dwight, '52, Springfield.
Charles J. Paine, '53, Boston.
Sidney Willard, '52, Boston.
Charles H. Hurd, '53, Charlestown.
Thomas J. Curtis, '52, Boston,
f Joseph M. Brown (cox.), '53, Boston.
1855
Nereid of Yale, 2j.j8. I
Adrian Terry, '54, S., Knoxville,
Tenn.
Chas. F. Johnson, '55, Oswego, N. Y.j
Henry W. Painter, M. S., West Haven. j
Theodore W. E. Belden, '57, West
Springfield, Mass.
Storrs O. Seymour, '57, Litchfield,
f Joseph W. Wilson, L. S., Norwalk.
Nathaniel W. Bumstead (cox,), '55,
Boston, Mass.
Iris of Harvard, 22.
Joseph N. Willard, '57, Boston.
William G. Goldsmith, '57, Andover.
Channing Clapp, '55, Cambridge.
Charles F. Walcott, '57, Salem.
Benj. W. Crowninshield, '58, Boston.
William H. Elliott, '57, Savannah, Ga.
John Homans, '58, Boston,
f Sam. B. Parkman, '57, Savannah, Ga.
James M. Brown (cox.), '53, Boston.
1855
Nautilus of Yale, 24.^8.
Jephtha Garrard, '58, Cincinnati, O.
Ed. Curtis, '59 S., New York City.
George Lampson, '55, Quebec, Can.
Granville T. Pierce, '55, South Britain.
George M. Dorrance, '56, Bristol, Pa.
f Samuel Scoville, '57, West Cornwall.
George Tucker (cox.), '57, Hamilton,
Bermuda.
Y. Y. of Harvard, 22.3.
Alexander Agassiz, '55, Cambridge.
Stephen G. Perkins, '56, Boston.
Langdon Erving, '55, Baltimore, Md.
f John Erving, L. S., Charleston, S. C.
ROWING.
45
1858
Volante of Yale (no race).
Fred. W. Stevens, '58, New York City.
Henry L. Johnson, '60, Jewett City.
George E. Dunham, '59, Hartford.
fWm. D. Morgan, '58, New York City.
University of Harvard {no race).
Heyward Cutting, '59, New York City,
Joseph H. Wales, '61, Boston.
Joseph H. Ellison, '59, Waltham.
Robert B. Gelston, '58, Baltimore, Md.
Caspar Crowninshield, '60, Boston.
fBenj. W. Crowninshield, '58, Boston.
1859
Yale, 20.18 and ig.14.
Fred. H. Colton, '60, Longmeadow,
Mass.
Charles H. Owen, '60, Hartford.
Henry W. Camp, '60, Hartford.
Joseph H. Twichell, '59, Plantsville.
Charles T. Stanton, '61, Stonington.
f Henry L. Johnson, '60, Jewett City.
Hezekiah Walkins (cox.), '59, Liberty,
N. Y.
Harvard, ig.i8 and ig.id.
fjoseph H. Ellison, '59, Waltham.
Joseph H. Wales, '61, Boston.
Henry S. Russell, '60, West Roxbury.
Edward G. Abbott, '60, Lowell.
William H. Forbes, '6r, Milton.
Caspar Crowninshield, '60, Boston.
i860
Yale, ig.^.
H. Brayton Ives, '61, New Haven.
Eugene L. Richards, '60, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Edward P. McKinney, '61, Bingham-
ton, N. Y.
Wm. E. Bradley, '60, New Canaan.
Charles T. Stanton, '61, Stonington.
f Henry L. Johnson, '60, Jewett City.
Charles G. Merrill (cox.), '61, New-
buryport, Mass.
Harvard, 18.^3.
Joseph H. Wales, '61, Boston.
Henry Ropes, '62, Boston.
William H. Ker, '62, Natchez, Miss.
Edward G. Abbott, '60, Lowell.
Calvin M. Woodward, '60, Fitchburg.
fCaspar Crowninshield, '60, Boston.
1864
Yale, ig.i.
Wm. W. Scranton, '65, Scranton, Pa.
Edmund Coffin, '66, Irvington, N. Y.
Edward B. Bennett, '66, Hampton.
Louis Stoskopf, '65, Freeport, 111.
Morris W. Seymour, '66, Litchfield.
fWilbur R. Bacon, '65, New Haven.
Harvard, ig.4jy^.
Edwin Farnham, '66, Beverly, N. J.
Edward C. Perkins, '66, Cincinnati, O.
John Greenough, '65, Jamaica Plains.
Thomas Nelson, '66, Boston.
Robert S. Peabody, '66, Boston.
fHoratio G. Curtis, '65, Boston.
46
ROWING.
Yale, 17.42%'
Wm. W. Scranton, '65 Scranton, Pa.
Edmund Coffin, '66, Irvington, N. Y.
Isaac Pierson, '66, Hartford.
Louis Stoskopf, '65, Freeport, 111.
Edward B. Bennett, '66, Hampton.
fWilbur R. Bacon, '65, New Haven.
1865
Harvard, i8.g.
Charles H, McBurney, '66, Roxbury.
Edward H. Clarke, '66, St. Louis, Mo.
Edward N. Fenno, '66, Boston.
William Blaikie, '66, Boston.
Edward T. Wilkinson, '66, Cambridge,
f Fred. Crowninshield, '66, Boston.
1866
Yale, ig.io.
Frank Brown, '66, Newburg, N. Y.
Edmund Coffin, '66, Irvington, N. Y.
Arthur D. Bissell, '67, Buffalo, N. Y.
Wm. E. Wheeler, '66, Portville, N. Y.
Wm. A. Copp, '69, Grafton, Mass.
fEdward B. Bennett, '66, Hampton.
Harvard, 18.43.
Charles H. McBurney, '66, Roxbury.
Alden P. Loring, '69, Boston.
Robert S. Peabody, '66, Boston.
Edward N. Fenno, '66, Boston.
Edward T.Wilkinson, '66, Cambridge.
fWilliam Blaikie, '66, Boston.
1867
Yale, ig.2j%.
fGeo. A. Adee, '67, Westchester, N. Y.
William H. Ferry, '68, Chicago, 111.
James Coffin, '68, Irvington, N. Y.
William H. Lee, '70, Chicago, 111.
Samuel Parry, '68, Chester, N. J.
William A, Copp, '69, Grafton, Mass.
Harvard, 18.IJ.
Geo. W. Holdrege, '66, Irvington, N. Y.
Wm. W. Richards, '68, N. Y. City.
Robert C. Watson, '69, Milton.
Thomas S. Edmands, '67, Newton.
William H. Simmons, '69, Concord.
f Alden P. Loring, '69, Boston.
1868
Yale, i8.38y2.
Roderic Terry, '70, Irvington, N. Y.
Sylvester F. Bucklin, '69, Marlboro,
Mass.
Geo. W. Drew, '70, Winterport, Me.
William H. Lee, '70, Chicago, 111.
Wm. A. Copp, '69, Grafton, Mass.
fSamuel Parry, '68, Clinton, N. Y.
Harvard, ly.^
fGeo. W. Holdredge, '68, Irvington,
N. Y.
William W. Richards, '68, N. Y. City.
John W. McBurney, '69, Roxbury.
Wm. H. Simmons, '69, Concord.
Robert C. Watson, '69, Milton.
Alden P. Loring, '69, Boston.
1869
Yale, 1 8. II.
Roderic Terry, '70, Irvington, N. Y.
Edgar D. Coonley, '71, Greenville,
N. Y.
William H. Lee, '70, Chicago, 111.
David McCoy Bone, '70, Petersburg,
111.
fWilliam A. Copp, '69, Grafton, Mass.
Geo. W. Drew, '70, Winterport, Me.
Harvard, 18.2.
fNathaniel G. Read, '71, Cambridge.
George I. Jones, '71, Templeton.
Grinnell Willis, '70, Cornwall, N. Y.
Joseph F. Fay, L. S., Boston.
Theophilus Parsons, '70, Brookline.
Francis O. Lyman, '71, Hawaiian Isles.
ROWING.
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1870
Yale, 18.4s.
Carrington Phelps, '70, North Cole-
brook.
Wilbur W. Flagg, '73, Yonkers, N. Y.
William L. Gushing, '72, Bath, Me.
Edgar D. Goonley, '71, Greenville,
N. Y.
Willis F. McGook, '73, Pittsburg, Pa.
f David McCo)' Bone, '70, Petersburg,
111.
Harvard won by a foul,
fNathaniel G. Read, '71, Cambridge.
Robert S. Russell, '72, Boston.
James S. McCobb, '71, Portland, Me.
Grinnell Willis, '70, Cornwall, N. Y.
George I. Jones, '71, Templeton.
Francis O. Lyman, '71, Hawaiian Isles.
1871
Yale, no race.
f Frederick W. Adee, '73, Westchester,
N. Y.
Charles S. Hemingway, '73, Fair
Haven.
Jeremiah Day, '73, Catskill, N. Y.
Daniel Davenport, '73, Wilton.
Willis F. McCook, '73, Pittsburg, Pa.
Wilbur W. Flagg, '73, Yonkers, N. Y.
Harvard, no race.
fNathaniel G. Read, '71, Cambridge.
William T. Sanger, '71, Cambridge.
William C. Loring, '72, Boston.
George I. Jones, '71, Templeton.
Alanson Tucker, '72, Boston.
George Bass, '71, Chicago, 111.
Yale, 18.13.
Frederick W. Adee, '73, Westchester,
N. Y.
George M. Gunn, '74, Milford.
Robert J. Cook, '75, Fayette City, Pa.
Henry A. Oaks, '75, New Haven.
fWillis F. McCook, '73, Pittsburg, Pa.
Jeremiah Day, '73, Catskill, N. Y.
1872
Harvard, 16.^7.
Francis Bell, '73, Rye Beach.
William J. Lloyd, '73, Pottsville, Pa.
John Bryant, '73, Boston.
William L. Morse, '74, Boston.
Wendell Goodwin,'74, Jamaica Plains.
fRichard H. Dana, '74, Boston.
1873
Yale, id.^g.
Herbert G. Fowler, '74, Stoneham,
Mass.
Jeremiah Day, '73, Catskill, N. Y.
Julian Kennedy, '75, S., Struthers,
O.
Willis F. McCook, '73, Pittsburg, Pa.
Henry Meyer, '73, Pittsburg, Penn.
fRobert J. Cook, '76, Fayette City, Pa.
Harvard, time uncertain.
Arthur L. Devens, '74, Cambridge.
Tucker Daland, '73, Boston.
Wendell Goodwin, '74, Jamaica Plains.
William L. Morse, '74, Boston.
Daniel C. Bacon, '76, Jamaica Plains.
fRichard H. Dana, '74, Boston.
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1874
Yale {broke an oar).
George L. Brownell, '75, S., East
Haddam.
Frederick Wood, '76, S., Norwalk,
David H. Kellogg, '76, Spuyten Duy-
vil, N. Y.
William C. Hall, '75, S., Buffalo,
N. Y.
Julian Kennedy, '75, S., Struthers,
O.
fRobert J. Cook, '76, Fayette City, Pa.
Harvard, 16.^4.
Walter J. Otis, S. S., Chicago, 111.
William R. Taylor, '77, N. Y. City.
William L. Morse, '74, Boston.
fWendell Goodwin, '74, Jamaica
Plains.
Daniel C. Bacon, '76, Jamaica Plains.
Richard H. Dana, '74, Boston.
1875
Yale, 17.14}^.
George L. Brownell, '75, S., East
Haddam.
William C. Hall, '75, S., Buffalo,
N. Y.
David H. Kellogg, '76, Spuyten Duy-
vill, N. Y.
Charles N. Fowler, '76, Lena, 111.
Julian Kennedy, '75, S., Struthers,
O.
f Robert J. Cook, '76, Fayette City, Pa.
Harvard, //.j*.
Francis R. Appleton, '75, N. Y. City.
Montgomery James, S. S., Cambridge.
Wm. R. Taylor, '77, Jefferson, N. Y.
f Daniel C. Bacon, '76, Jamaica Plains.
Charles W. Wetmore, '75, Marquette,
Mich.
Walter J. Otis, S. S., Chicago, 111.
Yale, 22,2.
John W. Wescott, L. S., New Haven.
Frederick Wood, '76, S., Norwalk.
Elbridge C. Cooke, '77, Worcester,
Mass.
David H. Kellogg, '76, Spuyten Duy-
vil, N. Y.
William W. Collin, '77, Penn Yan,
N. Y.
Oliver D. Thompson, '79, Butler, Pa.
Julian Kennedy, '75, S., Struthers,
O.
•{•Robert J. Cook, '76, Fayette City, Pa.
Charles F. Aldrich, (cox.), '79, Wor-
cester, Mass.
1876
Harvard, 22.31.
Albert W. Morgan, '78, N. Y. City.
George Irving, '75, Taunton.
Edward D. Thayer, S. S., Worcester.
Martin R. Jacobs, '79, Brownsville,
Penn.
Wm. M. Le Moyne, '78, Chicago, 111.
Montgomery James, S. S., Cambridge.
Joel C. Bolan, '76, Charlestown.
fWilliam A. Bancroft, '78, Cambridge.
George L. Cheney, (cox.), '78, Essex,
Conn.
ROWING.
49
1877
Vale, 24.43.
Gerald T. Hart, '78, S., New Britain.
Herman Livingston, '79, N. Y. Cit)\
Frank E. Hyde, '79, Hartford.
William K. James, '78, Hamburg, la.
Elbridge C. Cooke, '77, Worcester,
Mass.
Oliver D. Thompson, '79, Butler, Pa.
fWilliam W. Collin, '77, Penn Yan,
N. Y.
Frederick Wood, L. S., Norwalk.
Chas. F. Aldrich, (cox.), '79, Worces-
ter, Mass.
Harvard, 24.36.
Alvah Crocker, '79, Fitchburg.
Nat. M. Brigham, '80, Natick.
Burton J. Legate, '77, Leominster.
Wm. M. Le Moyne, '78, Chicago, 111.
Martin R.Jacobs, '79, Brownsville, Pa.
William H. Schwartz, '79, Bangor, Me.
Frederick W. Smith, '79, Worcester.
fWilliam A. Bancroft, '78, Cambridge.
Frederick H. Allen, (cox.), '80, Hono-
lulu. S. I.
1878
Yale, 2i.2g.
Julian W. Curtiss, '79, Fairfield.
Frank E. Hyde, '79, Hartford.
Bruce S. Keator, '79, Roxbury, N. Y,
Herman Livingston, '79, N. Y, City.
Harry W. Taft, '80, Cincinnati, O.
Geo. B. Rogers, '80, S., Lexington,
Mass.
David Trumbull, T. S., Valparaiso,
Chili.
fOliver D. Thompson, '79, Butler. Pa.
Chas. F. Aldrich, (cox.), '79, Worces-
ter, Mass.
Harvard, 20.4^.
Alvah Crocker, '79, Fitchburg.
Nat. M. Brigham, '80, Natick.
Burton J. Legate, '77, Leominster.
Martin R. Jacobs, '79, Brownsville, Pa.
Van Der Lynn Stow, '80, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
William H. Schwartz, '79, Bangor, Me.
Frederick W. Smith, '79, Worcester.
fWilliam A. Bancroft, '78, Cambridge.
Frederick H. Allen, (cox.), '80, Hono-
lulu, S. L
1879
\
Yale, 23 m., j8 s.
John B. Collins, '81, St. Joseph, Mo.
T. H. Patterson, L. S., Georgetown,
Ky.
Charles B. Storrs, '82, N. Y. City.
fOliver D. Thompson, '79, Butler, Pa.
John N. Keller, '80, Paris, Ky.
Geo. B. Rogers, '80, S., Lexington,
Mass.
Harry W. Taft, '80, Cincinnati, O.
Philo C. Fuller, '81, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Augustine Fitzgerald, (cox.), '82,
Litchfield.
4
Ha? vard, 22 m., 75 s.
Richard Trimble, '80, New York City.
Nat. M. Brigham, '80, Natick.
Francis Peabody, Jr., L. S., Danvers.
Martin R. Jacobs, '79, Brownsville, Pa.
Van Der Lynn Stow, '80, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
Wm. H. Schwartz, '79, Bangor, Me.
Frederick W. Smith, '79, Worcester.
fWm. A. Bancroft, '78, Cambridge.
Frederick H. Allen, (cox.), '80, Hono-
lulu, S. I.
50
ROWING.
Yaldy 24 m., 21 s.
John B. Collins, '81, St. Joseph, Mo.
Philo C. Fuller, '81, Grand Rapids
Mich.
Frederick W. Rogers, '83, Lexington
Mass.
Nathaniel T. Guernsey, '81, Dubuque,
Iowa.
Louis K. Hull, '83, Lebanon.
fGeo. B. Rogers, '80, S., Lexington
Mass.
Chas. B. Storrs, '82, New York City.
Harry T. Folsom, '83, Orange, N. J.
Mun Yew Chung, (cox.), '83, Han
Shan, China.
1880
Harvard, 2^ m., g s.
Edward W. Atkinson, '81, Brookline.
Wm. Freeland, '81, Syracuse, N. Y.
Herbert B. Howard, '81, Bellows
Falls, Vt.
Edward D. Brandegee, '81, Utica,
N. Y.
James Otis, '81, Roxbury.
Nat. M. Brigham, '80, Natick.
Robert Bacon, '80, Jamaica Plains.
fRichard Trimble, '80, N. Y. City.
Sabin Pond Sanger, (cox.), '83, Ban-
gor, Me.
Yale, 22 m., 13 s.
f John B. Collins, '81, St. Joseph, Mo.
Philo C. Fuller, '81, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Frederick W. Rogers, '83, Cambridge,
Mass.
Nathaniel T. Guernsey, '81, Dubuque,
Iowa.
Louis K. Hull, '83, Lebanon.
Geo. B. Rogers, L. S., Cambridge,
Mass.
Chas. B. Storrs, '82, New York City.
Harry T. Folsom, '83, Orange, N. J.
Mun Yew Chung, (cox.), '83, Han
Shan. China.
Yale, 20 m., so^i s-
Henry R. Flanders, '85, W. Tisbury,
Mass.
Joseph R. Parrott, '83, Oxford, Me.
Frederick W. Rogers, '83, Cambridge,
Mass.
Nathaniel T. Guernsey, L. S., Du-
buque, Iowa.
fLouis K. Hull, '83, Lebanon.
Wm. H. Hyndman, '84, Newburgh,
N. Y.
Chas. B. Storrs, '82, New York City.
Harry T. Folsom, '83, Orange, N. J.
David Plessner, (cox.), '85, Holden,
Mo.
1881
Harvard, 22 m., ig s.
fEdward D. Brandegee, '8r, Utica,
N. Y.
Fred. L. Sawyer, '83, Cumberland
Centre, Me.
Edward T. Cabot, '83, Brookline.
Chas. M. Hammond, '83, New Lon-
don, Conn.
Oscar J. Pfeiffer, M. S., Portsmouth,
N. H.
Seymour I. Hudgens, '84, Sandwich
Islands.
Wm. Chalfant, Jr., '82, Unionsville, Pa.
Chas. P. Curtis, '83, Swampscott.
Julius Buchman, (cox.), '83, Ft. Wash-
ington, N. Y.
1882
Harvard, 20,4^% s.
Wm. W. Mumford, '84, Rochester,
N. Y.
Fred. L. Sawyer, '83, Cumberland
Centre, Me.
Robert P. Perkins, '84, N. Y. City.
fChas. N. Hammond, '83, New Lon-
don, Conn.
Edmund A. S. Clark, '84, N. Y. City.
Seymour I. Hudgens, '84, Sandwich
Islands.
Wm. Chalfant, Jr., '82, Unionsville, Pa.
Chas. P. Curtis, '83, Swampscott.
Sabin Pond Sanger, (cox.), '83, Ban-
gor, Me.
ROWING.
51
1883
Yale, 26.jg.
Henry R. Flanders, '85, W. Tisbury,
Mass.
Joseph R. Parrott, '83, Oxford, Me.
fLouis K. Hull, '83, Lebanon.
Nathaniel T. Guernsey, L. S., Du-
buque, Iowa.
Frank G. Peters, '86, Syracuse, N. Y.
Wm. H. Hyndman, '84, Newburgh,
N. Y.
Frederick W. Rogers, '83, Cambridge,
Mass.
Harry T. Folsom, '83, Orange, N. J.
D. B. Tucker, (cox.), '83, New Haven.
Harvard, 2^.46%.
Wm. W. Mumford, '84, Rochester,
N. Y.
Wm. G. Borland, '86, New London,
Conn.
James J. Storrow, '85, Boston.
fChas. M. Hammond, '83, New Lon-
don, Conn.
E. A. S. Clarke, '84, New York City.
Fred. L. Sawyer, '83, Cumberland
Centre, Me.
Chas. M. Belshaw, '83, San Francisco,
Cal.
Robert P. Perkins, '84, N. Y. City.
S. P. Sanger, (cox.), '83, Bangor, Me.
1884
Yale, 20 m., ji s.
Richard S. Storrs, '85, Orange, N. J.
Chas. B. Hobbs, '85, Brooklyn, N. Y.
H. W. Patten, '86, S., North Haven.
Alfred Cowles, Jr., '86, Chicago, 111.
Frank G. Peters, '86, Syracuse, N. Y.
J. R. Parrott, L. S., Oxford, Me.
J. F. Scott, '84, W. Philadelphia, Pa.
fH. R. Flanders, '85, W. Tisbury,
Mass.
L. E. Cadwell, (cox.), '86, S., New
Haven.
Harvard, 20 m., 48 s.
J. R. Yocum, '85, Staten Island, N. Y.
A. Keith, '85, Quincy.
J. J. Storrow, '85, Boston.
F. L. Sawyer, L. S., Cumberland Cen-
tre, Me.
W. G. Borland, '86, New London, Ct.
S. T. Hudgens, '84, Sandwich Islands.
W. S. Bryant, '84, Boston.
fR. P. Perkins, '84, New York City.
Charles Davis, (cox,), '84, Lexington.
1885
Yale, 26 m., jo s.
C. S. Dodge, '85, New York City.
R. S. Storrs, '85, Orange, N. J.
H. W. Patten, '86 S., North Haven.
C. B. Hobbs, '85, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Alfred Cowles, Jr., '86, Chicago, 111.
J. R. Parrott, L. S., Oxford, Me.
F. G. Peters, '86, Syracuse, N. Y.
fH. R. Flanders, '85, W. Tisbury,
Mass.
L. E. Cadwell, (cox.), '86 S., New
Haven.
Harvard, 2^ m., iS% s.
H. W. Keyes, '87, Boston.
J. J. Colony, '85, Keene, N. H.
T. P. Burgess, '87, Dedham.
G. S. Mumford, '87, Rochester, N. Y.
J. R. Yocum, '85, Staten Island, N. Y.
W. A. Brooks, '87, Haverhill,
fj. J. Storrow, '85, Boston.
R. A. F. Penrose, Jr., P. G. Phila-
delphia, Pa.
T. Q. Browne, Jr., (cox.), '88, Boston.
52
ROWING.
J 886
Yale, 20 m., 41)^ s.
R. Appleton, '86, New York City.
John Rogers, Jr., '87, Stamford.
J. W. Middlebrook, '87, Wilton.
F. A. Stevenson, '88, Brooklyn, N. Y.
G. W. Woodruff, '89, Dimock, Penn.
f A. Cowles, Jr., '86, Chicago, 111.
C. W. Hartridge, '87, Savannah, Ga.
E. L. Caldwell, '87, Windsor.
L. E. Cadwell, (cox.), '86 S., N. Haven.
Harvard, 21 m., i^y^ s.
fG. S. Mumford, '87, Rochester, N. Y.
J. J. Colony, '85, Keene, N. H.
J. R. Yocum, '85, Staten Island, N. Y.
Franklin Remington, '87, Cazenovia,
N. Y.
T. P. Burgess, '87, Dedham.
W. A. Brooks, Jr., '87, Haverhill.
H. W. Keyes, '87, Boston.
R. A. F. Penrose, Jr., P. G., Phila-
delphia, Pa.
T. Q. Browne, (cox.), '88, Boston.
Yale, 22 m., j6 s.
R. M. Wilcox, '88 S., Portland.
C. O. Gill, '89, Orange, N. J.
f John Rogers, Jr., '87, Stamford.
J. W. Middlebrook, '87, Wilton.
1887
] Harvard, 2j m., 10% s.
I A. P. Butler, '88, Jamaica Plain.
I J. W. Wood, Jr., '88. So. Orange, N.J.
I fH. W. Keyes, '87, Boston.
i C. E. Schroll, '89, Decatur, 111.
G. W. Woodruff, '89, Dimock, Penn. , J. T. Davis, Jr., '89, St. Louis, Mo.
F. A. Stevenson, '88, Brooklyn, N. Y.' E. C. Pfeiffer, '89, Portsmouth, N.
H.
G. R. Carter, '88 S., Honolulu, S. I.
E. L. Caldwell, '87, Windsor.
R.Thompson, (cox.), '90, Schenectady.
W. A. Brooks, Jr., '87, Haverhill.
E. C. Storrow, '89, Brookline.
T. Q. Browne, (cox.), '88, Boston.
1852.
1855.
1859.
i860.
1864.
1865.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
r887.
NAMES OF REFEREES.
Colonel N. Baker, of Concord, N. H.
Colonel James M. Thompson, of Springfield, Mass.
James McKay (boat builder), of New York.
Nathaniel Paine (Atlanta Boat Club), of Worcester, Mass.
Robert M. Clark, of Boston, Mass.
Joshua Ward (professional oarsman), of Cornwall, N. Y.
W. H. Carpenter, of Providence, R. I.
Robert M. Clark, of Boston, Mass.
Arthur F. Dexter, of Providence, R. I.
A. H. Chamberlain, of Worcester, Mass.
Edwin Brown, of Worcester, Mass.
A. G. Baxter (Union Boat Club), of Boston, Mass.
John C. Babcock (Nassau Boat Club), of New York.
John C. Babcock (Nassau Boat Club), of New York.
William Wood (trainer of gymnastics), of New York.
James Watson (journalist), New York.
Prof. Arthur M. Wheeler (Yale, '57), of New Haven, Conn.
Prof. Alex. Agassiz (Harvard, '55), of Cambridge, Mass.
Prof. Arthur M. Wheeler (Yale, '57), of New Haven, Conn.
Prof. Alex. Agassiz (Harvard, '55), of Cambridge, Mass.
Prof. Arthur M. Wheeler (Yale, '57), of New Haven, Conn.
Prof. Alex. Agassiz (Harvard, '55), of Cambridge, Mass.
Prof. Arthur M. Wheeler (Yale, '57), of New Haven, Conn.
George A. Richards (Cambridge, Eng.), of Mass.
Wm. Bradford (Cambridge, Eng.), of New York.
R. C. Cornell.
George L. Rives (Columbia), and Cambridge, Eng.
George A. Richards (Cambridge, Eng.), of Cambridge, Mass.
Foot Ball— 1840-1888.
PRE-INTERCOLLEGIATE PERIOD— 1840-1872.
From time immemorial foot ball has been a favorite
game at Yale. In the earliest prints of the college build-
ings students have been depicted in front of them in tall
steeple hats playing at foot ball. The sport was, of
course, in its most primitive stage, being the mere kicking
of a ball about the Green, with no other object. In course
of time, however, it became the subject of rivalry between
the two lower classes, and about 1840 an annual game
sprang up between the Sophomores and Freshmen. This
was really little more than a " rush," or a class scrim-
mage, and was the forerunner of the ** rushes," which
used to take place at Hamilton Park and at the Yale
Field. It was the custom for the challenges to be posted
upon the doors of Lyceum and Atheneum. The follow-
ing are the last challenge and answer posted :
" Sophomores :
" The Class of '61 hereby challenge the Class of '60 to a game of foot ball,
best two in three."
In behalf of the Class,
R. L. Chamberlain, \
James W. McLane, > Committee.
A. Sheridan Burt, )
The answer:
"Come !
And like sacrifices in their trim,
To the fire-eyed maid of smoky war,
All hot and bleeding will we offer you."
" To our youthful friends of the Class of Sixty-one :
*' We hereby accept your challenge to play the noble and time-honored
game of Foot Ball, and appoint 2^ o'clock p. m., on Saturday, October 10,
1857, and the Foot Ball grounds, as time and place."
In behalf of the Class of Sixty,
L. J. Post, \
E. G. Massey, V Committee.
A. C. Palfrey, )
54 FOOT BALL.
The many spectators of these contests, including ladies,
occupied the steps of the State House and other points
of advantage, and displayed great interest. From a con-
temporary account of the game between the classes of
'56 and '57 we may derive some idea of the sport. This
account describes the Sophomores as being most gro-
tesque in their styles of dress and as having their faces
painted in all imaginable colors. The game was started
with the ball in the possession of the Freshmen, one of
whom after making a feint, picked up the ball and rushed
into the wedge-shaped phalanx of his classmates which
opened to receive him. This phalanx then immediately
closed and rushed forward in close column until it was
checked by fourteen picked Sophomores. At this time,
with the wedge held in check, others of the Sophomores
broke through the flank guard, and seizing the men,
hurled them aside and broke up the wedge into individ-
uals, the contest becoming a question of mere physical
strength. While the strife was going on the ball was
extricated and, falling into the possession of a Sophomore,
was carried off the field. This was pronounced a foul.
The ball being brought back and the game started again,
the ball was carried off by a Freshman. The umpires
declared the game a draw.
As a rule there was less organization than in the game
described, the members of both classes contending as in-
dividuals and without concert. The ball used in this
game of 1853 was described as *' a bladder ball, inclosed
in a leathern case " and was a round one. The umpires
were upper-class men.
In 1849 the class of '52 declined the challenge of the
Freshmen, but so strong was college opinion in favor of
the game that it was revived the following year. How-
ever, in 1855 and '56, the game was omitted owing to the
action of the class of '59. Advantage was now taken
by the college authorities to permanently extinguish the
game thus for two years voluntarily suppressed, and when
the challenge of the class of '61 to '60 quoted above was
posted, a decree of the Faculty prohibited the game, and
so ended the annual Sophomore-Freshman game.
FOOT BALL. 55
The objection of the Faculty, however, was to the an-
nual game, and not to foot ball itself, as is shown by their
taking action a few days later *' to preserve the right of
the students to play foot ball on the public green."
Originally the students had played foot ball on both the
college green and the City Green, but in 1840 the Fac-
ulty had forbidden their playing on the college grounds.
The part of the City Green which had been so long used
by the students for their games as to have been regarded
by them as their own, was the part bounded by the State
House and Chapel street and by College and Temple
streets. In 1841 the students, while playing, came in col-
lision with the firemen on parade who, endeavoring to
drive them off the ground, met with a determined resist-
ance. One of the leaders, Mr. Thomas Hudson Moody,
of the class of '43, w^as arrested and fined $20, which fine,
added to the "costs" of $80, was paid by his classmates.
Complaints now became more frequent from those who
had to pass through the Green, and despite the endeav-
ors of the Faculty to preserve " the rights of the stu-
dents," a by-law was passed February i, 1858, forbidding
the playing of foot ball, base ball, etc., on the streets and
public squares of the city. From 1858 till 1870, foot ball
at Yale was practically dead, although a foot ball was
occasionally kicked on " the lot beyond the hospital."
To the class of '72 and '73 is due the revival of the
game. The class of *y2 was notably fond of out-of-door
exercise, and took many " Hare and Hound " runs and
played occasional games of foot ball. At the beginning
of their Sophomore year the '73 men, inspired by their
example, were ready for out-of-door games, when D. S.
Schaff, formerly of Rugby, and an enthusiastic admirer of
foot ball, joined the class. His zeal for the game was
such that he was at once able to make it popular. The
difficulty now was for a suitable place to play. After an
attempt to play on the City Green, which ended in some-
thing very much like a riot, the students obtained a
vacant lot on Elm street. Until 1876 this remained the
regular practice ground, but being taken for other pur-
56 FOOT BALL.
poses in this year the students moved to a lot on Dixwell
avenue.
The class of '73 formed a regular association in 1871,
and sending challenges to the other classes, contended
with them in four matches. These matches and all the
matches since, which have been played in New Haven
before the completion of the Yale Field in 1884, were
played at Hamilton Park.
INTERCOLLEGIATE— 1872-1888.
1872
At a meeting of the University, held October 31, 1872,
it was voted to form a *' Yale Foot Ball Association."
Mr. D. S. SchafF was elected President. Up to this time
the game had been played without any fixed rules, the
players coming to an agreement among themselves as
occasion required. During the fall of this year, however,
a code of rules was adopted, of which the one most notice-
ably different from those in present use was as follows :
" 5 — No player shall pick up, throw or carry the ball,
on any part of the field. Any violation of the regulation
shall constitute a foul, and the player so offending shall
throw the ball perpendicularly into the air from the place
where the foul occurred, and the ball shall not be in play
until it touches the ground."
It will be seen that such features of the game as
bounding, batting, bunting and babying were inevitable,
and the rules for off and on side entirely ignored. Touch-
downs and trying at the goal were not thought of.
In November of 1872, Yale sent out her first challenge
for a game of foot ball to Columbia College, and on the i6th
of November her first Intercollegiate game was played. It
resulted in a victory of three straight goals for Yale, won
in fifteen, fifty-eight and forty minutes respectively. The
Columbia twenty was formed of men of uniformly good
size, while the Yale twenty had some large men and some
small men, of whom the latter, according to a newspaper
FOOT BALL. 57
account, proved themselves no mean players. The Yale
team excelled in discipline and organization and did not
lack energy and endurance, while the Columbia men
played with much spirit but less care and skill. The
costumes worn were not unlike those used in the rushes.
The game must have been very much like the present
English association game of foot ball, which consists
of kicking the ball on the ground. In this game push-
ing with the hands was forbidden, but doing so with
the shoulder was considered perfectly legitimate and an
excellent play. It is curious to note that, when one of
the Yale players was disabled by a kick and retired, a man
was retired from the Columbia side to even up matters.
The game was considered by all to have been a great
success, and hopes were expressed for games in the
future, although the difficulty of the Yale men in getting
away from New Haven in term time was a great obstacle
in the way of the game. This Columbia game was the
only game of the season, a challenge being received from
Princeton, but no game being arranged.
1873
On the i8th of October, a convention was held at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York to frame a code of
rules to govern Intercollegiate games. Harvard refused
to attend, but Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers accepted
Yale's invitation. The rules adopted were substantially
the same as those adopted by Yale the year before.
Rutgers challenged Yale to a game, which was played
at Hamilton Park, New Haven, October 25th. Yale won
by a score of three goals to one. Another game was
played in New Haven with Princeton, which she won by
three successive goals. Princeton exhibited great skill
in batting the ball and fairly outplayed Yale. A third
game was played against eleven Englishmen, captained
by Mr. G. C. Allen, of Eton, by eleven Yale men, which
resulted in a victory for Yale by two goals to one.
58 FOOT BALL.
1874
Yale played three games in this year, all at Hamilton
Park, New Haven. In the first Yale defeated Rutgers,
six goals to nothing, and in the others she defeated
Columbia, five goals to one and six goals to one. The
game this year was noticeably rougher than the year
before, although there had been no change in the rules.
Yale no longer picked light teams, but the heaviest she
could select.
1875
The season this year opened with a series of class
championships, the last class series played. On the i8th
of September foot ball was put on a permanent basis by
the adoption of a constitution. On October i6th dele-
gates from Harvard and Yale met at Springfield to
make arrangements for a game under '* modified Rugby
rules." The only concession granted to Yale was in the
matter of fouls, in which the foul ball was to be thrown
in the air and not placed on the ground. Yale under-
took to play Harvard by these rules, which were new to
her, while she played the other colleges by the old rules.
The result was most disastrous, Yale being defeated by
Columbia as well as Harvard. The only good result of
the game with Harvard was that it led to the adoption of
the Rugby rules in the following year. Four matches
were played during the season. In the first Yale de-
feated Rutgers by a score of four goals to one. In the
second Harvard defeated Yale by a score of four goals
and two touchdowns to nothing. This was the most in-
teresting game yet seen in America. The spectators en-
joyed Harvard's fine play to the full, almost without
chagrin at Yale's defeat, because they could not blame
the Yale team for not playing well a game which they
had never seen played and did not understand. In the
third match of the season, Yale defeated Wesleyan by six
straight goals. The last game of the season and the last
game played under the old rules at Yale, was with
FOOT BALL. $g
Columbia, and resulted in a defeat for Yale by a score ot
three goals to two. In this year the oval Rugby ball
was first introduced.
1876 .
In the fall. a committee on rules was appointed and the
Rugby rules adopted. Great interest in foot ball was
shown throughout the college and the eleven was care-
fully trained by Captain Baker. Harvard consented to
play one game but declined to play a series. This game
was played in New Haven on November i8th. The Yale
plan was for the eleven to play on the defensive for the
first half, and after the intermission to make a hard fight
for a goal. During the first three-quarters of an hour the
ball scarcely passed the center of the field, but at the
beginning of the second half the Yale men carried it
rapidly forward and a good kick by Thompson sent it
over the string. The Yale team were then disposed so
as to guard their goal line, and the game resulted in a
victory for Yale by a score of one goal to none. Harvard
made two touchdowns ; but, according to previous agree-
ment, these counted nothing. Harvard now wished to
play a series but Yale refused. On the 23d of November,
Harvard, Columbia and Princeton formed themselves
into a foot ball association, which Yale refused to join.
This association adopted the Rugby rules, with a few
slight changes, the most important of which being a rule
that four touchdowns should count as one goal. Yale
defeated Princeton on Thanksgiving day at Hoboken by
two goals to none. On December 2d the Harvard Fresh-
men defeated the Yale Freshmen by three goals to none
in a game played on Boston Common with the thermome-
ter fourteen degrees below zero. On the 9th of Decem-
ber, at Hoboken, Yale defeated Columbia by two goals
and five touchdowns to one touchdown. The day was
bitterly cold and the ground more or less covered with
ice. This gave Yale the championship, with a total score
of five goals and five touchdowns to one touchdown made
against her.
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1877
Mr. Baker, now in the Law School, again captained
and trained the team. The first game was played with
Tufts, November 3d, and was won by Yale with one
goal and four touchdowns to nothing. In the next game
Yale defeated Trinity by seven goals and eleven touch-
downs to nothing. On November 24th Yale defeated
Stevens' Institute by thirteen goals and seventeen touch-
downs to nothing. The Harvard and Yale Freshmen
played two games, both of which the Harvard Freshmen
won ; the first by one goal to none and the second by one
touchdown to nothing. No game was played with Har-
vard this year, Yale claiming that, as champion, she had
the right to prescribe the number eleven for the team,
while the association, of which Yale was not a member,
prescribed fifteen. For the sake of a game Yale at
length consented to play Princeton at Hoboken with
fifteen. Yale made two touchdowns, but by previous
agreement these did not count and the game was declared
a draw. The game was said to have been the best ever
played in America up to that time.
1878
As both Harvard and Princeton insisted upon fifteen
men to a side, Yale yielded. The first four games, two
with Amherst and two with Trinity, were easy victories
for Yale. On November 23d Yale defeated Harvard at
Boston by a score of one goal to none. On their return,
at 2 a. m., the victorious team was met by about three
hundred students. This was the first time that the
Faculty had ever permitted absence from any recitations
for the sake of foot ball, and it virtually put foot ball on
the same level with base ball.
On Thanksgiving day Princeton defeated Yale at Ho-
boken by one goal to none, largely owing to the over-con-
fidence of the Yale team. This team was the largest and
roughest Yale had hitherto sent out.
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1879
Yale's first game was played this year with the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, whom she easily defeated by
three goals and five touchdowns to nothing. The game
with Harvard was a very rough and hard-fought one.
Although, according to the rules, it was a draw, Yale
showed a slight superiority over Harvard by compelling
her to make four safety touchdowns, while she made but
two. The games against Rutgers and Columbia were
easy victories. The great Yale-Princeton game was a
repetition of Yale's game with Harvard, being technically
a draw, with five safety touchdowns against Princeton
and but two against Yale. Princeton played an entirely
defensive game, by which to retain nominally the glory
of the championship which she won in the previous year.
For the season Yale's total score stood, ten goals and
eleven touchdowns to nothing.
1880
Yale contended this year with five colleges, as in '79,
the only change being a game with Brown University in
place of Rutgers. The games with Columbia, Penns}^-
vania and Brown were easy victories. The Harvard
game, played in Cambridge, was most closely fought.
No scoring was done in the first half, both sides making
safety touchdowns. Rain fell throughout the entire
game, rendering everything very slippery and uncertain.
A long kick for the Yale goal missed it by only three or
four feet, this being, however, the only time Yale was in
danger. The ball was forced down to the Harvard end
and the intermission came with the play close under Har-
vard's goal. In the second half, after much good play,
Camp kicked a goal from the field and Watson made a
touchdown, time being called before a try at goal could be
had. It was noticeable that the '' holding " of the Har-
vard rushers was superior to that of the Yale men.
The Princeton game was likewise played in bad
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weather, the snow falling fast with a driving wind. So
much snow had likewise fallen on the night preceding that
a squad of men were set to work to shovel it off on the
morning of the game. Princeton won the toss and Yale
faced the wind. Yale made a safety. Despite the wind
Yale kicked as well as rushed the ball, but losing posses-
sion of it Princeton kicked and Yale made a second
safety. Shortly after the ball was carried into Princeton's
territory between her goal and twenty-five yard line, and
she touched down for safety four times. The ball then
passed into Yale's territory and she made her third
safety. There was now little running, the progress of
both sides being by kicking. In the second half, the ball
was kept under Princeton's goal, and she touched down
for safety five times in rapid succession. Having at
length made eleven safeties (to Yale's five), she adopted a
system of tactics by which to kill time, evidently consid-
ering that the championship would hold over to her this
year if Yale did not score upon her. The Princeton
quarter-back time after time passed the ball to a rusher
near at hand, around whom the rushers gathered and
pushed until he called ''down," when the process would
be repeated. The game ended, with no score being made.
Princeton claimed the championship on the ground of its
being held over from her defeat of Yale with fifteens in
1878, not remembering that Yale was champion with
elevens, having defeated Princeton in 1876. Outside of
these claims, however, the championship was claimed by
Yale on the following grounds: The association con-
sisted of four colleges. Harvard, Princeton, Columbia and
Yale. In this association Yale had gained two victories
and one draw. Princeton had not yet played Columbia,
nor did she do so. She claimed a forfeit for the game not
played with Columbia, which the four captains of the
association teams did not allow. Thus Yale won more
games than any other college in the association, and
thereby won the championship, although the association
did not award it.
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THE RUSH-LINE.
I88I
Yale's games with Amherst this year were easy vic-
tories. The game with the University of Michigan was
interesting as being the first one played by Yale with a
Western college. The close game the Michigan men had
played with Harvard led everyone to expect an exciting
game and a possible defeat for Yale. It was an uneven
contest, however, Yale keeping the ball in her enemy's
territory and only being in danger once. Yale played a
strong game with good passing work.
The Harvard game was played in New Haven during
a pouring rain. Both teams displayed excellent training
and knowledge of the game, as is attested by the close-
ness of the score, four safety touchdowns for Harvard
and none for Yale. By a vote of the association safety
touchdowns were made to count this year.
The game with Columbia was not a very satisfactory
one, as the Yale team played without spirit, probably
underrating their opponents, and barely won by one goal
to none.
The game with Princeton was played on the Polo
Grounds, New York, on Thanksgiving day. Owing to a
very strong wind, there was a great deal of rushing and
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but little kicking. Princeton evaded the rule of the
association in regard to safety touchdowns counting, by
making " touch in goals," which counted nothing, in
place of safeties. This she had a right to do, but in not
coming to the same agreement in regard to safeties as
Harvard did with Yale, she laid herself open to the
charge of preferring a draw game in preference to a
defeat, which, however, natural in itself, was not con-
sistent with the action of their delegates at the conven-
tion. Both teams played well, yet Yale exhibited a
superior game, by forcing Princeton to make four " touch-
in-goal's " or practically safeties, in the first half, and iA
not losing the ball once during the second half, and in
keeping it in Princeton's territory despite the adverse
wind.
Inasmuch as Princeton had played a drawn game with
Harvard, while Yale had defeated Harvard, Yale won
more association games during the season, and was
formally awarded the championship. Her total score
was nine goals and twelve touchdowns to four safeties.
1882
This season's play was noticeable for the larger number
of games played by Yale and for the early beginning of
the season, the first match being played October 7. In
the Rutgers game, a touchdown was scored against Yale,
this being the first point made against her since 1878.
Yale played this year for the first time against Wesleyan,
Rutgers and the Institute of Technology. The Harvard
game was played at Cambridge, and resulted in a victory
for Yale by a score of one goal and three touchdowns to
nothing. Harvard having defeated Princeton, this game
virtually decided the championship. A few minutes after
the beginning of the game Yale made a touchdown.
Harvard, in vain, attempted to break through what the
papers called "the best rush line ever put on an Ameri-
can field." When they found themselves unable to cope
with the Yale men, to their credit be it said, they tried
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no block game, but played the game for the sake of the
game itself.
Before the Princeton game played on the Polo Grounds
several inches of snow had to be shoveled off the field.
The chief feature of the game was the long kicking of
Moffat for Princeton and Richards for Yale, which was
described as resembling a game of lawn-tennis. The ball
was carried nearly to Princeton's goal, and she touched
down for a safety. A little later Yale made a touch-
down and goal. Princeton was now on her mettle and,
forcing the ball to the sixty-five yard-line, Haxall made a
superb kick, giving a goal to Princeton and lieing the
score. In the second half the struggle was tremendous,
but the Yale weight and muscle forced the ball into
Princeton's territory, and over her line. From this touch-
down another goal was kicked, and the championship for
1882 was won. The Yale's team was marked by an
'' almost impregnable rush-line," and by remarkably fine
tackling, while Princeton, in the person of Moffat, '85,
excelled in long distance kicking.
1883
A new method of counting goals, touchdowns, etc., by
points, was introduced this year. By this plan, a goal
from a touchdown counted six points, a goal from the field
five points, a touchdown two points, and a safety one point.
Yale commenced the season earlier than ever this year,
playing the first game with Wesleyan on September 26.
The Yale team was tremendously heavy, the team and
two substitutes averaging i73}4 lbs., while the rush-line
averaged 185 lbs.
As Princeton had defeated Harvard the chief interest
in the Yale season centered in her game with Princeton,
which took place on the Polo Grounds. Although the
teams were evenly matched Yale forced the play, and a
touchdown having been secured, a goal was kicked eight
minutes after play began. No more scoring was done
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during the game. Yale made many attempts to kick a
goal from the field but was prevented by the fine play of
the Princeton end-rushers who broke through and stop-
ped the ball. The game was distinguished for fine indi-
vidual plays, many brilliant runs and long kicks being
made. In the kicking, Moffat, Princeton '85, excelled.
The game with Harvard, also played on the Polo
Grounds, was attended by ten thousand people. At the
start Yale slowly carried the play down into Harvard's
territory. After four unsuccessful tries at goal-kicking
from the field, during which time Harvard made a safety,
Yale kicked a goal from the field. After Yale had made
another goal from a touchdown, good play on the part of
the Harvard half-backs, and some sharp running by the
Harvard rushers, gave Harvard a touchdown, from which
no goal was kicked. A long drop-kick from the side of the
field gave Yale another goal from the field, and another
touchdown and goal completed the score, which stood
twenty-three points for Yale and two for Harvard.
The Harvard Committee on Athletics composed of
members of the Faculty, had before the Yale-Harvard
game come to the conclusion that foot ball had degener-
ated into a brutal sport, and that until some changes in the
rules were made, the Harvard eleven shouljd not be
allowed to play any games. They took the curious posi-
tion of objecting to certain rules whose purpose was the
prevention of rough play, saying that they allowed of
no other inference but that " a manly spirit of fair play
was not expected to govern the conduct of all players,
but that on the contrary the spirit of sharpers and of
roughs had to be guarded against." Owing, however, to
the unfortunate financial condition into which both the
Harvard and Yale foot ball clubs would be thrown by
their action, they allowed the Harvard team to play
under the following conditions : First, that the referee
be an alumnus and not an undergraduate ; and second,
that the referee have full power to send any player from
the field for unfair play, it being understood that unfair
play did not, in this sense, include ofF-side play.
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The annual convention after formally awarding the
championship to Yale, and retiring Columbia from the
association for not playing two scheduled championship
games, revised the rules in order to meet the approval of
the Harvard Faculty. The most important changes were
asfollows: I. The referee shall be an alumnus. 2. A player
can be off-side but twice during a game. 3. The referee
shall disqualify a man for being three times warned for
intentionally delaying the game.
A touchdown was made to count four points instead of
two, and a safety two points.
1884
The rules were still further amended before the begin-
ning of this season's play, two important changes made
being, first, that " A side having touched the ball down
in their opponents' goal, shall try at goal either by a
place kick or punt out." This was to prevent the punter
purposely making a poor kick in hopes of securing another
touchdown. And, second, " A player shall be offside but
once during a game," thereby more stringently enforcing
the point that intentional offside play could not be allowed.
The Harvard eleven of this year was undoubtedly the
poorest she ever turned out, being beaten not only by
Princeton and Yale, but also by Wesleyan, by a score of
16-0, and by Univ. of Pennsylvania, by a score of 4-0.
Yale had an easy time against Harvard, winning the
game by a score of 52 to nothing. The features of the
game were long kicking on both sides, and good rushing
and breaking through on the part of the Yale rushers.
The Yale-Princeton game was played on the Polo
Grounds on November 28th. Yale won the kick-off and
soon after the Yale captain made a run of forty yards.
Yale's center now forced the ball into Princeton's five-
yard line, and a touchdown, from which a goal was
kicked, was made just three minutes after the beginning
of the game. The ball being put in play, Lamar of
Princeton carried it nearly to Yale's twenty-five yard
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line, and Princeton, forcing it still nearer, tried for a goal
but missed. A Princeton man got through and fell on
the ball, making a touchdown, from which no goal was
kicked. The game now proceeded by long kicks, on the
part of Moffat of Princeton and Richards of Yale, and
by short rushes on both sides. In the second half, Yale's
goal was once in danger from a goal from the field by
Moffat, but this was prevented by the Yale rushers break-
ing through. A good run and a long punt by a Yale
half-back put the ball in Princeton's territory, where it
remained during the rest of the game. After a fine run,
which placed the ball in Princeton's twenty -yard line, the
Princeton eleven stopped the game to bring forward
some claims to the referee, which took up so much time
that it was quite dark when the game began again. For
the few remaining moments it was impossible to dis-
tinguish the players, but the ball remained in Princeton's
territory all the time. The darkness became such that
the game had to be called ten minutes before time,
thereby, under the rules, making it ''no game," and de-
priving Yale of the formal championship.
At Harvard Intercollegiate foot ball was prohibited for
the ensuing season, and the sentiments of the college being
found at a mass-meeting to be favorable to the game, a
scheme of inter-class contests was proposed for the fall
of 1885.
1885
By the action of her Faculty Harvard was prevented
from playing any Intercollegiate games this year, and the
association consisted of Princeton, Wesleyan, Pennsyl-
vania and Yale. At Yale a new team was formed, only
two old men playing. The only game of real interest
was the Yale-Princeton game played in New Haven
November 21st, when, for the first time since 1878, Prince-
ton defeated Yale. The day was a fine one for foot-ball
and the game was attended by over five thousand people.
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The game itself was remarkably close, the Yale team
excelling in tackling, blocking and kicking, while the
Princeton team excelled in passing, running and dodg-
ing. Princeton won the toss, and attempting to rush the
ball failed to advance five yards or to lose ten yards, by
which the ball went to Yale. The game now goes back
and forth, with sharp runs and long punts by Watkinson
of Yale and Lamar of Princeton. Yale keeps the play in
Princeton's territory and Watkinson three times punts
over Princeton's line for a touch in goal, and once nar-
rowly misses a goal from the field. Princeton desper-
ately works the play toward the middle of the field, but
Yale's rush-line works like machinery. Two good runs
now bring the ball in front of Princeton's goal posts and
Watkinson drops a goal from the field thirty-seven min-
utes from the start. In the second half, Princeton's play
improved in snap and vigor. After some play by which
neither side gain, the ball is slowly but surely carried
into Yale's territory, and a run brings it to Yale's fifteen
yard line, where five more yards are given to Princeton
for Yale's offside play. Lamar forces the ball to the
five-yard line, but every effort to gain a touchdown is
resisted, and three downs give the ball to Yale. Now
comes one of the finest exhibitions of rush-line work ever
seen on a foot ball field, by which Yale forces the ball
inch by inch, never losing possession of it, to the middle
of the field. Here Watkinson makes a long low punt to
the side, which one of the Princeton half-backs, muffs and
Lamar gets the ball. Yale's end-rushers are almost upon
him, but by a clever interference Lamar dodges and has
a clear field for a beautiful long run and a touchdown
between the goal-posts. From this a goal is easily kicked,
and Princeton wins the game by six points to five. But
five minutes are left to play, during which Beecher
makes a good run to Princeton's twenty-five yard line.
The play is carried back and time is called with the ball
in the center of the field.
Lamar's run was a marvellous feat worthy of great
admiration, but it must be acknowledged that it was a
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remarkable chance, of which he took advantage. The
duties of judging a game were performed this year by a
referee alone, in place of the referee and two judges of
former years.
1886
The Yale team played more games than ever before
during this season. Harvard was admitted to the asso-
ciation, and showed that she had not been idle during the
preceding season by displaying better football than she
had ever played before. As usual the chief interest
centered in the games between Harvard, Princeton and
Yale. The Harvard-Princeton game was played first, at
Princeton, and resulted in a victory for Princeton by a
score of two goals to nothing. The Yale-Harvard game,
played in Cambridge November 20, resulted in a victory
for Yale by a score of twenty-nine points to four. The
game was opened by a series of rushes, which carried
the ball under Harvard's goal, where Beecher slipped
through and made the first touchdown four minutes after
play began. The ball then worked into Yale's territory
but was carried back and three or four good runs gave
Yale a second touchdown. Time, twelve minutes. Score,
Yale 12, Harvard o. Now comes some long punting, and
shortly after Yale secures her third touchdown. Time,
twenty-three minutes. The ball being put in play again,
four good rushes by the Harvard men secure a touchdown
against Yale, from which no goal is kicked. Five minutes
after the second half begins Yale secures another touch-
down. More long punting and hard rushing take place,
during which Watkinson of Yale, after two narrow misses,
finally succeeds in kicking a goal from the field. Poor
passing, tackling and catching by the Yale team now allows
the ball to get well into their territory and a long kick
sends the ball over Yale's line where a touchdown is nar-
rowly avoided. The game ends with the ball in Har-
vard's territory.
In regard to the Yale-Princeton game there had been
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much discussion as to the place and referee, Princeton
refusing to play except on Princeton grounds and with a
Princeton referee. Though this was ostensibly fair enough,
since the game in 1885 was played on the Yale grounds
and with a Yale referee, yet this much was to be said that
Princeton in 1885 had chosen the referee and had chosen
to have the game out of New York, where Yale wanted
to play. The matter being left to a committee of one
Harvard, one Princeton and one Yale graduate, it was
decided that the game be played at Princeton with Mr.
Tracy Harris, Princeton, '85, as referee. When the Yale
team appeared on the field, at 2 : 30 p. m., the time agreed
upon, no referee was present owing to Mr. Harris' refusal
to act. After an hour of waiting, during which the teams
retired to the dressing-rooms to escape the fierce rain
storm that soaked the five thousand people who waited
expectantly upon the uncovered grand-stands, Mr. Har-
ris was found, and being prevailed upon to act, started
the game at 3 : 30 p. m. The condition of the field beg-
gars description, being soaked with water and covered
with puddles, one corner especially being a muddy lake,
where the grass had been removed to make the base
ball diamond. Princeton won the toss and chose the
wind, while Yale opened with a couple of short rushes.
The play coming near Princeton's goal, her back makes
a long punt, which is only stopped at Yale's thirty-yard
line. Poor play now loses Yale the ball and Princeton
advances it to Yale's ten-yard line. Some fine tackling
is done by the Yale rushers, and a series of fine runs ad-
vances the ball to within one yard of Princeton's goal
line, where poor play loses it. The Princeton center
snaps back and the ball is passed to Savage (back), who
muffs it and a Yale rusher falls on it. This touchdown is
not allowed, the referee saying the ball w^as not properly
put in play. The ball is kicked out and, alternating back
and forth, is in Princeton's ten-yard line when time is
called.
Owing to the thick clouds and the heavy rain, which
fell without intermission, it was evident that darkness
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would come on early, and that, if there were any delays,
the game would not be finished. After some short rushes
by Princeton, a delay was made by a Princeton rusher,
which lasted eight minutes, although five only are al-
lowed by the rules. A long kick by a Yale half-back
sends the ball over Princeton's goal line, and Savage, the
Princeton captain, missing it, a Yale rusher falls on it,
and a touchdown is secured. Now followed a perfect
pandemonium, adherents of both sides rushing on the
field by hundreds, and a long delay ensued. No goal
was kicked, and play being resumed, the Princeton cap-
tain made frequent calls to have the game stopped on ac-
count of darkness, to which the referee finally consented
some seventeen minutes before the required time had
elapsed. The score stood : Yale 4, Princeton o, but
being an unfinished game, it was technically a draw.
This accounts for the resolutions adopted at the conven-
tion of the association, which were as follows :
Resolved^ That this convention cannot, as a convention,
award the championship for 1886.
Resolved, That Yale, according to the points scored,
should have won the championship.
Thus Yale, although not technically champions, were
virtually, and in the minds of all disinterested spectators,
winners of that honor.
1887
The most noticeable innovation this year was the ap-
pointment of an umpire, in addition to the referee, whose
duty it was to prevent and punish violations of the rules
of behavior. This scheme, together with what might be
called stricter attention to business, did away with almost
all of the " slugging," and placed foot ball higher in
public estimation than it had ever been before.
The important games were begun by the defeat of
Princeton by Harvard at Cambridge by two goals to
nothing, reversing the score of the previous year. Prince-
ton was unfortunate, however, in losing early in the game
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her strongest rusher, Cowan, who was disqualified for
a foul tackle. The Yale-Princeton game was played on
the Polo Grounds, New York, on a day which was hardly
an improvement on the atrocious weather of the previous
year. It was in many respects a very satisfactory game,
being free from delays (by a change in the rules, no delays
over one minute being allowed), slugging, foul tackling,
etc. The rush-lines were about equally heavy, with the
advantange of strength on the side of Yale, her five rush-
ers in the centre being all rowing men. There was much
slipping about and fumbling, which the wet and mud
fully excused. At the start Princeton rushes the ball to
Yale's twenty-five yard line, but it changes hands and is
returned by a kick. After considerable play it is in
Princeton's twenty-five yard line, and shortly after Yale
has the ball inside the five-yard line but is unable to
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score. The ball is kicked by Princeton, but three good
rushes give Yale a touchdown, from which a goal is
kicked.
In the second half the Yale rushers force the ball to
Princeton's five-yard line, and after a little play back and
forth, the ball is passed back by Princeton, but being
muffed is fallen on by the Yale center, making Yale's second
touchdown and goal. The play now surges one way and
another, and Yale has the ball within two yards of Prince-
ton's goal line, but failing to advance, forfeits the ball to
Princeton. Time is called with the ball in the middle of
the field. Above all the fine playing of the various mem-
bers of both teams, the rushing of Cowan, of Princeton,
should be mentioned as phenomenally brilliant.
The Harvard-Yale game was played on the Polo
Grounds on Thanksgiving day. As both Harvard and
Yale had defeated Princeton by the same score, the game
promised to be of unusual interest, and attracted an audi-
ence of from twenty to twenty-four thousand people.
The scene was more brilliant than ever before, some sixty
or seventy coaches being lined up on two sides of the
field, decked in red or blue.
The game began at two o'clock. A few rushes and a
kick carry the ball to Harvard's twenty-five yard line.
The ball works back into Yale territory and Porter, of
Harvard, makes a fine run, passing all but the reliable
Yale back. Play now drifts back to the middle of the
field. Harvard being given five yards advance several
times for the offside play of the Yale rushers in breaking
through before the ball is snapped. Corbin, the Yale
center-rush, being unguarded by the Harvard center,
instead of snapping back, kicks the ball forward a few
inches, and picking it up runs about twenty yards. A
few more determined rushes carry the ball to Harvard's
fifteen-yard line, where Bull, the Yale back, kicks a beauti-
ful goal from the field. Score, Yale 5, Harvard o. Time,
30 minutes. After a few unimportant plays the Yale cen-
ter again kicks and carries the ball from the lining-up,
and secures a touchdown, from which a goal is kicked,
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three minutes after the goal from field. Score, Yale ii,
Harvard o. The play being started again, a few Harvard
rushes and a fine kick bring the ball to Yale's fifteen-yard
line. Harvard gains a few yards by rushing and being al-
lowed five yards for Yale's offside play, has the ball down
within two yards of Yale's line. The Harvard quarter-
back, however, fumbles and a Yale rusher secures the
ball. The Yale back punting Harvard secures the ball
and Sears runs. Time has been called before he passes
the Yale rushers, and they do not attempt to stop him, as
he runs over the line, securing a touchdown too late to
be counted. In the second half Harvard works desper-
ately and has the ball at Yale's fifteen-yard line. The
backs exchange kicks, but the Yale backs' kick rebounds
from a Harvard rusher, and is dropped on by a Yale half-
back, preventing a touchdown but scoring a safety giving
two points to Harvard. Harvard encouraged, now works
the ball to within ten yards of Yale's line, where Porter
carries it over, making a touchdown and goal. Score,
Yale II, Harvard 8. Yale now redoubles her efforts and
reaches Harvard's five-yard line but loses the ball. Shortly
after Wurtenburg, the Yale half-back, makes a brilliant
run of thirty-five yards, securing a touchdown and goal.
Final score, Yale 17, Harvard 8. The game was un-
doubtedly the finest ever played in America, and was
won by Yale's superior team-play, added to her ability to
play both a kicking and a rushing game, while Harvard
played almost entirely a rushing game. All the papers
spoke most highly of the elimination of all disagreeable
features and of the high position which is now so well
assured for foot ball in America.
YALE UNIVERSITY FOOT BALL RECORD.
Nov. 10, Yale vs. Columbia,
1872
Touch-
Goals, downs.
(twenties) 3-0
Oct. 25, Yale vs. Rutgers,
Yale vs. Princeton,
1873
(twenties) 3-1
0-3
Nov. 18, Yale vs. Rutgers,
Nov. 21, Yale vs. Columbia,
Dec. <?, Yale vs. Columbia,
1874
(twenties) 6-0
5-1
6-1
Nov. 6, Yale vs. Rutgers,
Nov. 13, Yale vs. Harvard,
Nov. 16, Yale vs. Wesle)'an,
Dec. 4, Yale vs. Columbia,
1875
(twenties) 4-1
(fifteens) 0-4
(twenties) 6-0
2-3
Nov. 18, Yale vs. Harvard, ,
Nov. 30, Yale vs. Princeton,
Dec. 9, Yale vs. Columbia,
1876
(elevens) i-o
" 2-0
" 2-0
5-1
1877
Nov. 3,
Yale vs. Tufts, . . . ,
(elevens)
I-O
4-0
Nov. 21,
Yale vs. Trinity,
"
7-0
II-O
Nov. 24,
Yale vs. Stevens Institute,
"
13-0
17-0
Dec. 8,
Yale vs. Princeton,
(fifteens)
Draw.
(2^)
Nov. 2, Yale vs. Amherst,
Nov. 9, Yale vs. Trinity,
Nov. 13, Yale vs. Trinity,
Nov. 23, Yale vs. Harvard, .
Nov. 28, Yale vs. Princeton,
1878
(fifteens)
2-0
2-0
3-0
i-o
O-I
Nov. I, Yale vs. Univ. of Penn.
Nov. 8, Yale vs. Harvard,
Nov. 15, Yale vs. Rutgers,
Nov. 22, Yale vs. Columbia,
Nov. 27, Yale vs. Princeton,
Nov. 10, Yale vs. Columbia,
Nov. 13, Yale vs. Brown,
Nov. 17, Yale vs. Univ. of Penn'.
Nov. 20, Yale vs. Harvard,
Nov. 25, Yale vs. Princeton
FOOT BALL.
77
1879
nn., (fifteens)
Goals.
3-0
Touchdowns. Safeties,
5-0
2-4
«
It
5-0
2-0
3-0
3-0
2-5
1880
(elevens)
;nn'., "
«
13-0
8-0
8-0
I-O
5-0
5-0
i-o
I-O
i-ii
2-9
5-1 1
Oct. 29, Yale vs. Amherst,
Nov. 2, Yale vs. Univ. of Michigan
Nov. 5, Yale vs. Amherst,
Nov. 12, Yale vs. Harvard,
Nov. 16, Yale vs. Columbia,
Nov. 24, Yale vs. Princeton,
1881
(elevens)
2-0
2-0
4-0
i-o
4-0
8-0
0-4
1882
Oct. 7,
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
(elevens)
9-0
Oct. 21,
Yale vs. Rutgers,
"
9-0
3-0
0-3
Oct. 28,
Yale vs. Rutgers,
<<
5-0
i-i
Nov. 4,
Yale vs. Inst. Technology,
i(
6-0
2-0
Nov. 8,
Yale vs. Amherst,
(1
9-0
I-O
Nov. 18,
Yale vs. Columbia,
(1
II-O
5-0
Nov. 25,
Yale vs. Harvard,
«'
I-O
3-0
0-2
Nov. 30,
Yale vs. Princeton,
«
2-1
I-I
1883
Sept. 26, Yale vs. Wesleyan, 3-0
Sept. 29, Yale vs. Wesleyan, 4-0
Oct. 7, Yale vs. Stevens Institute, i-o
Nov. 6, Yale vs. Rutgers, 5-0
Nov. 17, Yale vs. Columbia, 4-0
Nov. 21, Yale vs. Univ. of Michigan, 2-0
Nov. 24, Yale vs. Princeton,
Nov. 29, Yale vs. Harvard, 2-0
uchd'ns.
downs.
Safeties.
Points.
6-0
3-0
0-3
60-0
[O-O
3-0
0-4
90-0
5-0
5-0
0-3
48H5
9-0
6-0
0-7
98-0
[I-O
2-0
0-3
93-0
8-0
2-0
0-2
64-0
I-O
6-0
2-0
O-I
O-I
23-2
;8
FOOT BALL.
1884
Oct. I,
Oct. II,
Oct. 18,
Oct. 22,
Oct. 25,
Nov. 5,
Nov. 22,
Nov. 28,
Goals Goals from
from field. Touchd'ns.
Yale vs. Wesleyan, 3-0 i-o
Yale vs. Stevens Institute, 2-0 12-0
Yale vs. Wesleyan, 5-0 3-0 .
Yale vs. Rutgers, ii-i
Yale vs. Dartmouth, i-o 14-0
Yale vs. Wesleyan, 5-0
Yale vs. Harvard, 6-0
Yale vs. Princeton, i-o
Touch-
downs.
2-0
3-0
5-0
2-1
4-0
3-0
4-0
o-i
Safeties.
O-I
O-I
O-I
0-4
0-2
Points.
31-0
96-0
63-0
76-10
1 13-0
46-0
52-0
6-4
1885
from field
. Touchd'ns.
downs.
Safeties.
Points.
Oct.
10,
Yale vs. Stevens Institute, 3-0
4-0
4-0
55-0
Oct.
14.
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
I-o
3-0
18-0
Oct.
28,
Yale vs. Wesleyan, 5-0
4-0
4-0
0-3
71-0
Oct.
31,
Yale vs. Inst. Technology, 3-0
4-0
2-0
0-2
51-0
Nov.
14,
Yale vs. Univ. of Penn., 3-1
I-o
7-0
0-2
53-5
Nov.
21,
Yale vs. Princeton, i-o
O-I
5-6
Nov.
25,
Yale vs. Wesleyan, 3-0
1886
Goals
7-0
Goals from
I-o
Touch-
61-0
from field.
, Touchd'ns.
downs.
Safeties.
Points.
Oct.
6,
Yale vs. Wesleyan, i-o
8-0
5-0
O-I
75-0
Oct.
9.
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
9-0
2-0
62-0
Oct.
16,
Yale vs. Inst. Technology,
13-0
3-0
0-3
96-0
Oct.
20,
Yale vs. Stevens Institute, 2-0
5-0
3-0
O-I
54-0
Oct.
23,
Yale vs. Williams,
8-0
6-0
0-2
76^
Oct.
30,
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
22-0
I-o
136-0
Nov.
13,
Yale vs. Univ. of Penn., i-o
7-0
7-0
75-0
Nov.
20,
Yale vs. Harvard, i-o
4-0
O-I
29-4
Nov.
25,
Yale vs. Princeton,
I-o
4-0
1887
Goals Goals from
from field. Touchd'ns.
Touch-
downs.
Safeties.
0-2
0-2
Oct. 6, Yale vs. Wesleyan, 3-0 4-0
Oct. 15, Yale vs. Wesleyan, 15-0 3-0
Oct. 22, Yale vs Williams, 9-0 5-0
Oct. 29, Yale vs. Univ. of Penn., 6-0 3-0 o-i
Nov. 5, Yale vs. Rutgers, 12-0 o-i
Nov. 12, Yale vs. Wesleyan, lo-o 3-1 o-i
Nov. 19, Yale vs. Princeton, 2-0
Nov. 24, Yale vs. Harvard, i-o 2-1 i-o
Summary — Out of 86 games played, Yale has won 81 including 9 from
Harvard and 6 from Princeton, and has lost 5, of which Princeton has won
3, Harvard i, and Columbia i.
Points,
38-0
106-0
74-0
50-0
74-0
74-4
12-0
17-8
FOOT BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1876-1888.
Year.
Contestants.
Winner.
Remarks.
1876
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Columbia.
Yale.
Yale not in Association, but de-
feated every member of it.
1877
Yale.
Princeton.
Not awarded.
Yale not in Association. Yale made
two touchdowns to Princeton's
nothing. This by the rules a
draw game.
1878
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Princeton.
Yale defeated Harvard this year by
one goal to nothing.
1879
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Columbia.
Not awarded.
Yale's games with Princeton, and
Harvard by the rules draw games.
Princeton, 5 safeties ; Yale, 2.
'Harvard, 4 safeties ; Yale, 2.
1880
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Columbia.
Not awarded.
Yale defeated Harvard by one goal
and one touchdown to nothing.
Draw game with Princeton.
1881
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Columbia.
Yale.
Yale defeated Harvard by no safe-
ties to four, and tied Princeton,
neither scoring, except Prince-
ton made touch-in goals.
1882
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Columbia.
Yale.
Yale defeated Harvard by a goal
and three touchdowns to nothing,
and Princeton by two goals to one.
Harvard defeated Princeton.
1883
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Columbia.
Yale.
Yale rush line averaged 185 lbs.
1884
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Wesleyan.
Not awarded.
Harvard beaten by four colleges
this year. Yale defeated Prince-
ton 6-4 in an unfinished game.
1885
Yale.
Princeton.
Wesleyan.
Univ. of Penn.
Princeton.
Harvard kept out of football by her
Faculty. Princeton defeated Yale
by 6 to 5.
1886
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Wesleyan.
Univ. of Penn.
Not awarded.
Yale defeated Princeton 4-0 in an
unfinished game.
Princeton, 12 ; Harvard, 0.
1887
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Wesleyan.
Univ. of Penn.
Yale.
Harvard defeated Princeton 12-0.
Audience of about 20,000 at Yale-
Harvard game.
Totals — Yale, 5 ; Princeton, 2 ; not awarded, 5.
COMPARATIVE SCORES OF YALE AND HER
OPPONENTS.
Yale.
Opponents.
Goals
Touch-
Goals
Touch-
from field.
Goals,
, downs.
Safeties.
Points.
from field.
Goals.
downs.
Safeties.
Pts.
1872
1873
1874
—
3
3
17
—
—
—
—
4
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1875
—
12
—
—
—
—
8
2
—
—
1876
—
5
5
—
—
—
—
I
—
—
1877
1878
1879
—
21
g
34
—
—
—
I
—
—
—
—
10
II
4
—
—
—
9
—
1880
—
30
12
8
—
—
—
—
31
—
I88I
—
9
12
—
—
—
—
—
4
—
1882
—
52
15
I
—
—
I
I
6
—
1883
21
52
21
—
482
—
—
1
23
2
1884
II
53
23
—
483
—
I
2
9
14
1885
18
21
21
—
314
I
I
—
7
II
1886
5
76
28
—
607
—
—
I
7
4
1887
I
59
18
I
445
—
I
I
7
12
Totals, 56
431
200
14
2331
I
19
9
103
43
YALE UNIVERSITY FOOT BALL MEN.
1872
W. F. McCook, C. S. Hemingway, E. S. Miller, S. L. Boyce, L. W. Irwin,
J. P. Peters, H. A. Strong, '73 ; W. S. Halstead, R. H. Piatt, P. A. Porter,
R. W. Kelley, J. L. Scudder, J. A. R. Dunning, H. Scudder, H. D. Bristol,
T. T. Sherman, '74 ; H. A. Oaks, C. H. Avery, W. H. Hotchkiss, '75 ; R. D.
A. Parrott, '74 S. (f D. S. Schaflf, '73, acting captain.)
1873
C. Deming, '72 ; J. P. Peters, '73 ; fW. S. Halstead, H. D. Bristol, J. L.
Scudder, T. T. Sherman, G. M. Gunn, C. D. Waterman, E. D. Robbins, W.
E. D. Stokes, L. Melick, W. O. Henderson, C. E. Humphrey, G. V. Bush-
nell, J. A. R. Dunning, P. A. Porter, '74 ; W. H. Hotchkiss, F. L. Grinnell,
H. J. McBirney, '75 ; E. V. Baker, '77.
f Indicates the Captain.
FOOT BALL. 8l
1874
C. Deming, '72 ; J. P. Peters, '73 ; H. D. Bristol, '74 ; fH. J. McBirney,
C. H. Avery, C. W. Cochran, W. S. Fulton, F. L. Grinnell, C. Maxwell, F.
T. McClintock, '75 ; W. Arnold, A. H. Ely, M. H. Phelps, D. Trumbull, F.
W. Vaille, W. J. Wakeman, F. N. Wright, '76 ; E. V. Baker, '77 ; W. L. R.
Wurts, '78 ; W. C. Hall, '75 S.
1875
J. P. Peters, '73; fW. Arnold, W. J. Wakeman, D. Trumbull, C. Johnston,
F. N. Wright, M. H. Phelps, F. W. Vaille, '76 ; E. V. Baker, G. T. Elliot, '77 ;
W. L. R. Wurts, E. W. Smith, '78 ; O. D. Thompson, G. D. Munson, '79 ; D.
R. Alden, '76 S.; [E. D. Robbins, G. V. Bushnell, '74 ; B. B. Seelye, '76; F.
W. Davis, '77 ; T. E. Rochfort, '79, on the twenty, not on the fifteen^^
1876
Forwards—G. H. Clark, '80 ; W. H. Taylor, '78 ; C. C. Camp, '77 ; W. V.
Downer, '78 ; N. U. Walker, '77. Halfbacks—SN. C. Camp, '80 ; W. D.
Hatch, '79 ; O. D. Thompson, '79. Backs— Vf . L. R. Wurts, '78 ; W. T. Big-
elow, '77 ; fE. V. Baker, '77.
1877
Rushers—^. V. Downer, '78 ; B. B. Lamb, '81 ; J. S. Harding, '80; W. L.
R. Wurts, '78. Halfbacks— W. C. Camp, '80 ; G. H. Clark, '80 ; O. D. Thomp-
son, '79 ; F. W. Brown, '78 S. Backs— W. J. Wakeman, M. S.; D. Trumbull,
L. S.; fE. V. Baker, L. S.
1878
Forwards—]. V. Farwell, '79 ; L. K. Hull, '82 ; H. Ives, '81 ; J. S. Harding,
'80; B. B. Lamb, '81 ; J. Moorhead, '79 S.; F. M. Eaton, '82. Halfbacks—
F. W. Brown, P. G.; W. A. Peters, '80 ; O. D. Thompson, '79 ; R. W. Wat-
son, '81 S.; fW. C. Camp, '80. Backs— SR. J. Wakeman, M. S.; W. K. Nixon,
'81 ; W. L Badger, '82.
1879
Forwards— ¥. M. Eaton, '82 ; J. S. Harding, '80 ; L. K. Hull, '82 ; B. B.
Lamb, '81 ; H. H. Knapp, '82 ; J. Moorhead, '79 S.; F. Remington, C. S. Beck,
'83. Halfbacks—^. L Badger, '82 ; fW. C. Camp, '80, G. H. Clark, '80 ; W.
A. Peters, '80 ; R. W. Watson, '81 S. Backs— W. K. Nixon, '81 ; C. W.
Lyman, '82.
1880
Rushers— V. C. Fuller, '81 ; C. S. Beck, '83 ; L. K. Hull, '83 ; J. S. Harding,
'80; B. B. Lamb, '81; C. B. Storrs, '82; F. M. Eaton, '82. Quarterback—
W. L Badger, '82. Halfbacks— \'R. W. Watson, '81 S.; W. C. Camp, '80.
Back—B. W. Bacon, '81.
6
82 FOOT BALL.
l88i
Rushers— Y{. H. Knapp, '82 ; R. Tompkins, '84 ; L. K. Hull, '83 ; B. B.
Lamb, '8i ; C. B. Storrs, fF. M. Eaton, '82 ; C. S. Beck, '83. Quarterback—
W. L Badger, '82. Halfbacks— ¥.. L. Richards, Jr., '85 ; W. C. Camp, M. S.
Back—B. W. Bacon, T. S.
1882
Rushers— I.. K. Hull, '83 ; H. H. Knapp, L. S.; fR. Tompkins, '84; A. L.
Farwell, '84 ; F. G. Peters, '86 ; W. H. Hyndman, '84 ; C. S. Beck, '83.
Quarterback— B.. B. Twombly, '84. Halfbacks— B. L. Richards, Jr., '85 ; W.
Terry, '85. Back—B. W. Bacon, T. S.
1883
Bushers^^R. Tompkins, '84; L. K. Hull, L. S.; W. H. Hyndman, '84; S.
R. Bertron, '85 ; F. G. Peters, '86 ; H. H. Knapp, L. S.; A. L. Farwell, '84.
Quarterback— B.. B. Twombly, '84. Halfbacks— Y.. L. Richards, Jr., '85 ; W.
Terry, '85. Back—B. W. Bacon, T. S.
1884
Buskers— \^. N. Goodwin, '88 ; L. F. Robinson, '85 ; A. B. Coxe, '87 ; F.
G. Peters, '86 ; H. R. Flanders, '85 ; S. R. Bertron, '85 ; F. W. Wallace, '88.
Quarterback— T. L. Bayne, '87. Halfbacks— ^'E. L. Richards, Jr., '85 ; W.
Terry, '85. Back—M. H. Marlin, '86 S.
1885
Rushers— Y. W. Wallace, '88 ; G. R. Carter, '88 S.; A. C. Lux, '88 ; fF. G.
Peters, '86 ; G. W. Woodruff, '89 ; H. L. Hamlin, '87 S.; R. N. Corwin, '87 ;
Quarterback— n. Beecher, '88. Halfbacks— G. A. Watkinson, '89; W. T.
Bull, '88 S. Back—Y. L. Burke, '87.
1886
Rushers— ^^Si. N. Corwin, '87 ; G. R. Carter, '88 S.; G. W. Woodruff, '89 ;
W. H. Corbin, '89 ; T. W. Buchanan, '89 ; C. O. Gill, '89 ; F. W. Wallace,
'88. Quarterback— U. Beecher, '88. Halfbacks— G. A. Watkinson, '89 ; S. B.
Morison, '90. Back—Vf. T. Bull, '88 S.
1887
Rushers— Y. W. Wallace, '89 ; C. O. Gill, '89 ; G. R. Carter, '88 S.; W. H.
Corbin, '89 ; G. W. Woodruff, '89 ; S. M. Cross, '88 ; F. C. Pratt, '88 S.
Quarterback— \li. Beecher, '88. Half backs— Vf . P. Graves, '91 ; W. C. Wur-
tenburg, '89 S. Back—W. T. Bull, '88 S.
Note. — Of these players, 57 played one year, 30 two years, 11 three years,
12 four years, 2 five years and 2 six years. The two who played six years
were Camp, '80, and Hull, '83, and the two who played five years were Baker,
'77, Lamb, '81.
FOOT BALL.
83
FRESHMAN INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOT BALL
RECORD.
Date.
Place.
Contestants.
Winner.
Score.
1876.
Dec. 2.
Boston.
Yale, '80,
Harvard, '80.
Harvard, '80.
3 goals to 0.
1877.
Nov. 17.
New Haven.
Yale, '81.
Harvard, '81.
Harvard, '81.
I goal to 0.
1877.
Dec. II.
Boston.
Yale, '81.
Harvard, '81.
Harvard, '81.
I touchdown to 0.
1879.
Nov. 22.
New Haven.
Yale, '83.
Harvard, '83.
Yale, '83.
2 touchdowns to 0.
1879.
Nov. 29.
Cambridge.
Yale, '83.
Harvard, '83.
Yale, '83.
I goal 3 touch, to 0.
1880.
Nov. 17.
Springfield.
Yale, '84.
Harvard, '84.
Yale, '84.
3 goals I touch, to 0.
1881.
Nov. 12.
Springfield.
Yale, '85.
Amherst, '85.
Yale, '85.
Amherst, 4 safeties.
1881.
Nov. 26.
Boston.
Yale, '85.
Harvard, '85.
Yale, '85.
2 goals I touch, too.
1882.
Nov. II.
Middletown.
Yale, '86.
Wesleyan, '85.
Wesleyan, '85.
I touchdown to 0.
1882.
Dec. 2.
Cambridge.
Yale, '86.
Harvard, '86.
Tie-game.
6-6
1883.
Nov. 29.
Cambridge.
Yale, '87.
Harvard, '87.
Tie-game.
5-5
1884.
Oct. 22.
Hartford.
Yale, '88.
Amherst, '88.
Yale, '88.
58-0
1884.
Nov. 5.
New Haven.
Yale, '88.
Wesleyan, '88.
Yale, '88.
8-2
i886.
Nov. 27.
Cambridge.
Yale, '90.
Harvard, '90.
Harvard, '90.
22-4
1887.
Nov. 26.
New Haven.
Yale, '91.
Harvard, '91.
Harvard, '91.
6-2
Totals — Harvard Freshmen, 5 ; Yale Freshmen, 4.
Note. — In this Summary only Yale-Harvard Freshman games are counted.
Base Ball— 1 8^9-1 S88.
Base ball was first played at Yale in 1859, ^t which
time it was in a very crude state of development. For
six years after its introduction the interest in the game
was fluctuating — the sport being relinquished entirely
in i860— but in the fall of '65 the Y. U. B. B. C. was
organized, with J. Coffin, '68, as President. A Univer-
sity nine was picked from the class nines to meet a
challenge from the Agallian Club of Wesleyan University.
According to contemporary accounts "the Yale nine
never before having played together, improved vastly as
the game progressed, and toward the close played very
brilliantly. Their fielding was excellent, some very fine
fly-catches being made, and home runs were secured by
three men."
The score stood Yale 39 runs, Wesleyan 13, and the
game lasted 3 hours, 20 minutes. Two more games were
played by the Yale nine during the fall, both with the
Waterbury Club, the scores of which were, respectively,
Yale 35, Waterbury 30, and Yale 52, Waterbury 30.
1866
In the spring of this year three games were played, two
with the Charter Oaks, of Hartford, and one with the
Waterbury's, all being defeats for Yale. In the fall the
nine was reorganized, and a committee of four, including
J. Coffin, the captain, appointed to select players. In the
first game Yale defeated Waterbury 52 to 41, and later
won an easy victory over Bridgeport by 59 to 10. The
third and last game in the fall Yale lost to Waterbury.
BASE BALL. 85
1867
But two games were played in the spring of this year,
against the Liberty Club of Norwalk, and the Riversides
of Norwich, both Yale victories. In the fall Yale had for
the first time a really good nine, and one which, being
free from class distinctions had the sympathy of the entire
college.
In the first game of the season against the Waterburys,
Hooker's pitching and quick throwing to bases were very
effective, while the fielding and team play were excellent.
Yale's game with Columbia was an easy victory, the
latter not being in good trim. Individual fine plays were
made on both sides, and Columbia's fielding throughout
was fine, her batting being her weak point.
Another victory over the Waterburys completed the
season's play.
1868
The opening game this spring was played with the
Unions of Morrisania, the champions of the country.
Over 1200 people witnessed the game, which was close
and exciting. At the end of the fifth inning Yale stood
8 runs to Unions 4, and at the end of the ninth inning the
game was a tie. Union won finally by 16 to 14. Of the
Yale players, McCutchen, short stop. Hooker, pitcher,
and Condict, catcher, received many compliments. In
the game with the Lowell Club, of Boston, Selden won a
prize bat valued at $15, offered for the best score made
by a Yale man, by making twelve bases and but one out.
On June 25th, Yale played Princeton for the first time.
The playing on both sides was poor, the Princeton nine
especially, having played Harvard and Williams on the
two preceding days, being worn out. The score was
Yale 30, Princeton 13.
The first Yale-Harvard game was played July 25th, and
resulted in a victory for Harvard by 25 runs to 17. The
Yale nine disappointed its friends and played with no
68 BASE BALL.
Spirit. In the fall the nine played four games, winning
them all, against the Libertys of Norwalk, the Eckfords
of Brooklyn, and the Bridgeports. The individual play-
ers were mentioned as follows : " Deming made five beau-
tiful fly-catches. Richards shone well behind the bat, and
Hooker pitched as effectively as ever."
1869
The opening game with the champion Mutuals of New
York, was witnessed by 1500 people, and was an interest-
ing contest. The score was 18 to 16 against Yale. On
June 28th, the Williams nine announced on the posters as
**at present the champion nine of American Colleges,"
visited New Haven, and were beaten 26 to 8.
The second annual Yale-Harvard game was played in
Brooklyn, and resulted in a fine victory for Harvard.
The Yale fielding was very poor and the pitching was not
at all troublesome, so that Harvard ran up 41 runs to
Yale's 24. Harvard excelled in base-running, every
player that reached first, invariably making second on the
first or second ball pitched. The play of Bush, the Har-
vard captain, was highly commended, and his command
of his nine was admirable. The game lasted 3 hrs. 20 min.
In the fall only one game was played (and lost) by a
nine made up with six new players.
1870
The spring season was opened by a game with the Ath-
letics, of Philadelphia, who by powerful batting made 29
runs to 12. After some practice games with professional
clubs, the third Yale-Harvard game was played on the
4th of July. At the sixth inning the score was a tie, with
nineteen runs for each. Harvard won however, 24 to 22.
Two days later Yale suffered a disastrous defeat at the
hands of Princeton, losing the game by 49 to 12. In the
fall five^games were played with neighboring clubs.
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187I
In the first games of the season the Yale pitcher, Strong,
showed signs of great promise, although in the game with
the Haymakers, of Troy, he was batted for 46 bases.
After eight practice games the nine met Harvard. By
the same mismanagement as in the previous year, Yale
ventured to risk a Harvard game when her players were
demoralized by annual examinations. Yale excelled at
the bat, but her poor fielding lost the game. The score
stood Harvard 22, Yale 19.
In the fall four games were played, of which Yale lost
one. In the game with the Osceolas, of Stratford, the
Yale fielding was nearly perfect, but one error being
made.
1872
In the spring four practice games were played before
the nine met Harvard. Early in the spring Yale made
an informal proposition to Harvard to substitute for the
annual game a series of games, the best two in three. To
this Harvard agreed and at the same time Yale consented
to throw open the contest to members of all departments
at each University.
The first game played in New Haven Harvard w^on
easily by 32 to 13. The second game, in Boston, stood at
the end of the sixth inning Yale 9, Harvard 6, but here
Harvard by good batting assisted by Yale errors made
seven runs. In the next inning Yale made eight runs, so
that at the beginning of the ninth inning the score stood
Yale 17, Harvard 15. In the ninth inning Harvard made
four runs and blanked Yale, winning the game. It was
claimed that the umpire in the last inning favored Har-
vard by giving them bases on called balls (three being
sufficient) and was unduly strict with the Yale batters.
During the fall no University games were played, class
games absorbing the attention of the College.
88 BASE BALL.
1873
When the spring opened there was much enthusiasm
over base ball and plenty of good material in College,
the chief need of the Yale nine being, as it always had
been, greater coolness at critical points, which faithful
practice and more frequent games could alone give.
A series, best two in three, was played with Princeton
this year as well as Harvard. Besides five games with
these two Colleges, six games were played with pro-
fessionals.
The first College game was played at Princeton May
10. The first six innings were marked by sharp fielding,
the score being Yale 2, Princeton i. Princeton batted
weakly throughout, making in all but two runs while
Yale ran up her score to nine.
The second game with Princeton in New Haven was
won by Princeton 10 to 9. The Yale catcher was hurt in
the first inning and a change battery put in.
In the first Harvard game of the season Yale was
defeated by one run. At the end of the sixth inning
Harvard had a lead of six runs which was ineffectually
reduced by hard work. Much nervousness was evinced
by both nines, and errors in the field were numerous.
In the next Harvard game at Cambridge Yale was
completely outplayed, making but three base hits off
Hooper, while the Yale fielding was so poor that 29 runs
were made on 18 base hits. The final score stood 29 to 5.
With this disastrous game ended the chain of eight
defeats which Yale experienced from Harvard. Up to
the end of '73 there can be no doubt that the Harvard
nines were uniformly better than the Yale nines. Har-
vard's advantage lay in the number of excellent clubs in
and near Boston, from whom she learned a scientific
knowledge of the game. This is shown by her uniform
steadiness and team work, a feature noticeably absent
from Yale nines.
In the fall one practice game was played and then Yale
declined Princeton's challenge for the third game of the
BASE BALL. 89
series begun in the spring on the ground that her nine
was not organized. Yale offered, however, to play a
practice game at Princeton. The Yale pitcher was
heavily batted and being poorly supported, the game
went to Princeton 18 to 4. This game had a depressing
effect on the base ball interests in the spring.
1874
The nine played eighteen games during the spring
season, of which two games each were played with Har-
vard and Princeton. After it had been decided to have
the College regatta at Saratoga, Yale proposed that the
Yale-Harvard games should be played at Saratoga dur-
ing race-week instead of in Cambridge and New Haven.
The advantages of this change being that both nines
would be able to recover from the effects of the annual ex-
aminations. From the end of the term till the middle of
July, when the games with Harvard were to be played,
the nine made a practice tour during which they played
the Hartfords, Baltimores, Mutuals, etc., and defeated
Princeton easily in two games. The scores in these were
16 to I and II to 3.
The games with Harvard were played July 14 and the
morning of July 15. There was much enthusiasm dis-
played, the audience being composed mostly of students.
Both games were very creditable, the fielding being
uniformly good. The brilliant pitching of Avery un-
doubtedly won Yale the games. The scores were Yale 4,
Harvard o and Yale 7, Harvard 4.
Yale won no games against professional clubs this year
which was sufficiently accounted for by the rapid develop-
ment of the game among professionals.
In the fall three games were played by a rather dis-
organized nine against neighboring clubs.
90 BASE BALL.
1875
Yale played fourteen games this season. The first
championship game was with Princeton, and was an easy
victory for Yale, 14 to 4. The Yale nine batted heavily
and their battery work was effective. So easily was this
game won that a most deplorable feeling of over-confi-
dence possessed both the nine and the students, and with
the usual result. The Yale nine was somewhat crippled
in the loss of a catcher. Errors gave Princeton a run,
Yale batted weakly and Princeton fielded finely. The
result was a defeat by 3 runs to o.
In the game with Amherst a change battery was put in,
and after two innings the score stood Amherst 3, Yale o.
At this point Avery came in to pitch, with such effect
that no Amherst man reached first base, and of twenty-
one outs, fourteen men were struck out. The final score
stood Yale 5, Amherst 3.
The Yale nine, although somewhat crippled by the loss
of the second baseman, and the lame shoulder of the
pitcher, Avery, won a victory over Harvard by 9 to 4.
In the second game Avery was unable to play, despite
which Yale made 11 runs to Harvard's 4. Great praise
was due to Mr. Avery, who had pitched for three years
and captained in '75, for his individual work, and organ-
izing ability, by which he broke the chain of Harvard's
eight victories and defeated her in four games.
1876
Twenty one games were played during the spring.
The first game against Princeton was remarkable for the
changes of fortune during its progress. At the seventh
inning the score stood Yale 5, Princeton o. During the
eighth the score was five runs all, and then Yale seven to
five. In the ninth Princeton made four runs so that Yale
began her ninth inning with 9 to 7 against her. The first
striker went out on an easy grounder. The next six
strikers, however, made base hits, the final score being
12 to 9 in favor of Yale.
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The thirteenth Yale-Harvard game was played in Cam-
bridge, and was lost by a few costly errors and weak
batting. The score 4 to 3 indicates the closeness of the
game. The impartial applause bestowed by the audience
was much appreciated by the Yale nine.
The second game with Princeton was a walkover, 13 to 3.
The second game of the series with Harvard was played
in New Haven, and was won by Yale, 7 to 6. Carter's
pitching for Yale was very puzzling, eleven men being
struck out.
The deciding game was played in Hartford, the day after
the boat-race. In the third inning Harvard secured three
runs which gave her a winning lead. Yale scored only
in the seventh inning. The final score was Harvard 5,
Yale I. The pitching for both nines was very effective.
1877
The nine played 23 games during the spring. In the
series of games with Amherst Yale won two out of three,
the scores being 9 to 4, 4 to 5 and 24 to 8. In the series
with Princeton Yale won two straight games by 6 to 4
and 8 to o. Princeton this year gave up rowing and
devoted herself to foot ball and base ball.
The first game with Harvard was remarkable in that
the Harvard nine went to the bat only twenty-seven
times, each player going out in the regular order of strik-
ing. Not a single base hit was made off Carter, while
seven were made off Ernst. Harvard was outfielded and
outbatted. The final score was Yale 5, Harvard o.
Struck out, Yale i, Harvard i ; strikes called, Yale 19,
Harvard 16; struck at and missed, Yale 9, Harvard/;
Bases called on Carter 21, on Ernst 14.
The first game with Trinity proved more interesting
than was expected, the score being the same as in the
game with Harvard. Only one base hit was made off
Carter. The second game with Trinity was a walkover
of 17 to I.
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The second game played on poor grounds at Cam-
bridge (Jarvis Field was undergoing repairs), was an
easy victory for Harvard by lo to i. The Yale nine
were outplayed and* thoroughly demoralized.
The deciding game with Harvard was played in Hart-
ford. It was close and exciting, the score being at the
beginning of the eighth inning 3 to 2 in favor of Harvard.
In this inning, however, Harvard confirmed her lead by
making two more runs, leaving the final score 5 to 2.
The playing of both nines was good. Harvard was
fortunate in bunching hits. In the fall two practice
games were played with Hartford and Waterbury ama-
teurs.
1878
The spring season was opened by the defeat of Trinity
6 to o, in a game in which Yale made no base hits. Yale
won the series against Princeton, losing the first game
4 to 5 and winning the other two 10 to 2 and 10 to 3. In
the first game the Yale fielding was wretched as the
record of 24 errors against 8 will show. It is only fair to
state that of these 24, 10 were charged to Carter, and
were due to the great strictness of the umpire in calling
balls. The series with Harvard this year was one of five
games, instead of as formerly three. The first game,
played at Hamilton Park, was won by Yale 4 to 3. The
Yale nine were far from confident of victory, owing to
the poor batting they had been doing, but were deter-
mined to do their best. The two nines were quite even,
at any rate much more so than five weeks later when
Harvard was superior in every point of comparison.
The second game with Trinity resulted disastrously for
her in the score of 25 to o.
The second game of the Harvard series was won by
Yale II to 5, and was the first base ball game ever won
by Yale on Harvard grounds. The game, as the Harvard
Crimson said, was won by superior batting. The game
against Amherst, won by 10 to o, was played without an
BASE BALL. 93
error by the Yale nine, and only one Amherst man
reached first base. The defeat of Harvard on her own
grounds caused such over-confidence that Yale lost three
straight games to Harvard, played fn New Haven (3 to
11), in Boston (2 to 9), and in Hartford (3 to 16). As
the " Yale Book " says, *' It is a notable fact that College
nines do best when least is expected of them. It is confi-
dence unfortified by hard work and careful training that
most surely issues in defeat."
1879
The first College game of the year was an easy victory
over Princeton. Warned by the experience of '78, the
Yale News besought the nine not to indulge in over-confi-
dence or laxity of training, even though Harvard had
just been badly defeated by Brown.
In the first game with Harvard, Yale won easily by 11
to 5, which was largely due to the fact that Harvard was
without her famous pitcher, Ernst. In the second game,
played in Cambridge, Harvard turned the tables with the
assistance of Ernst, by a score of 2 to o.
In her games with Amherst, Brown, and Princeton,
Yale lost but one game, to Brown by a score of 2 to 3.
The third Harvard game, played in New Haven, Yale
won, and the fourth, played in Cambridge, Harvard won.
The deciding game, played in Providence, resulted in a
victory for Harvard, by a score of 9 to 4.
1880
The first meeting of Harvard and Yale in this year
resulted in the most crushing defeat to Harvard, that she
had ever suffered at the hands of a Yale nine. The score
was 21 to 4 runs, and Yale made 21 base hits with a total
of 33. Harvard's battery was particularly poor. The
second Harvard game, at Cambridge, Yale won by 2 to i.
94 BASE BALL.
The third game played in New Haven, was very close
and exciting, with abundant good plays on both sides.
Harvard won by bunching her hits and bringing in three
earned runs. The final score stood Harvard 3, Yale i.
The deciding game of the series was played in Cambridge
and was a Yale victory by 3 runs to o.
The Intercollegiate Baseball Association was formed in
December, 1879, with Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Amherst,
Dartmouth, and Brown, as members. Yale withdrew
however, because the Association voted not to allow the
playing of college men who had played on professional
nines. Series of games were arranged with Harvard,
Princeton, and Amherst, in which games Yale won seven
and lost one. Thus Yale virtually won the championship,
although Princeton stood first in the Association.
In her games with professionals, Yale was singularly
successful, winning 11 out of 13 games.
1881
With Princeton a close second to Yale in '80, the open-
ing game with Princeton, was looked upon as being one
that would in great measure determine the winner of the
pennant for '81. Yale won by 6 to 5, the closeness of the
score being partly due to a costly Yale error. Lamb's
pitching for the first half of the game was good, and
Watson's catching was fine, but his throwing was poor.
In the game against Harvard, played in Cambridge, Yale
was without the services of her pitcher. Lamb, and was
defeated 9 to 19. The defeat of Yale by Dartmouth was
unexpected, but was done by Dartmouth's good play and
heavy batting. In the previous year Dartmouth had had
a very strong team as was shown by her two victories
over Harvard in that year. The second game with Har-
vard, Yale won 8 to 5, but afterward lost a game to
Princeton.
Yale won the championship of the Association by
winning seven games out of ten played.
BASE BALL. 95
1882
In this season Yale lost one game each to Harvard,
Princeton, and Brown. She however by winning 8 out
of 1 1 games won the championship, with Princeton second.
The first game played in New Haven, Harvard won by
10 to 7, Yale retaliating in a closely fought game played
in Cambridge. In the series with Princeton, Yale lost
the second game but won the other two.
1883
The first College game of the season, with Amherst,
was unexpectedly close, the score being 3 to i in favor of
Yale. In the game with Harvard, Yale made three runs
in the first inning, which being the only runs made by
either side, won the game. The second game played in
Cambridge Yale won 5 to i. The first game wuth
Princeton resulted in a victory for Yale by a score of 5
to 4. By the victory over Amherst on June 13th, the
championship was won for Yale by a record of seven
straight victories. One game remained to be played
after the championship was decided. This was against
Princeton, and largely owing to the loss of Jones, the
Yale pitcher, the game was lost by a score of 3 to 2. It
was a close contest throughout, as is attested by the fact
of its being a ten-inning game. On June 26, an exhibition
game with Harvard was played which resulted in a Yale
victory i to o. Thus for the fourth year in succession
the supremacy in base ball rested with Yale.
1884
Yale suffered her first defeat from Harvard in New
Haven. At the second half of the ninth inning the score
stood Yale 7, Harvard 4, and the crowd began to move
away, thinking the game decided. By some heavy
bunched hits, however, Harvard brought in four runs and
won the game. Yale defeated Princeton, Dartmouth,
96 BASE BALL.
Brown and Amherst in succession, but was again defeated
by Harvard by 4 to i7 runs. The Yale nine were com-
pletely outbatted and outplayed. Harvard made 18 base
hits with a total of 26, while Yale made 9 with a total of
14. Yale's hits were scattered and ineffective while Har-
vard made nine earned runs.
In an exhibition game played in New Haven Yale
defeated Harvard 6 to 2, which encouraged Yale to hope
for success in the deciding game. In the Association games
Yale and Harvard were now tied for first place, Yale
having lost two games to Harvard and Harvard having
lost a game each to Amherst and Brown. The deciding
game was played in Brooklyn, and, largely through the
effective pitching of Odell, was won by Yale 4 to 2.
Thus for five successive years Yale was champion in
base ball. In the general averages (batting and fielding
averages combined) Amherst stood first this year with
.567, Yale second with .563, and Harvard third with .559.
1885
Harvard won the championship in base ball this year
for the first time, by the remarkable record never before
made, of winning all the Intercollegiate Championship
games. Yale was clearly outplayed by her both at the
bat and in the field, suffering two disastrous defeats with
scores of 4 to 12, and 2 to 16.
Princeton's defeat of Yale at Princeton by 11 to 5, tied
Yale and Princeton for second place, both having lost 3
games out of ten.
The Yale nine contained many individual players of
merit but lacked team play, and had no reliable pitcher.
The Harvard nine was strong in every particular and was
particularly well handled by Captain Winslow.
1886
Fifteen College games were played by Yale in this
year, of which Yale lost two championship games, one to
BASE BALL. 97
Amherst and one to Harvard, and three exhibition games
one to Columbia and two to Harvard.
The first defeat was from the Columbia nine, who by
bunching their hits won by a score of 3 to i. The
Columbia nine had a singularly brilliant season defeat-
ing Harvard (by 5 too), as well as Yale, and losing but one
game, to the University of Pennsylvania. It was said
that no undergraduate of Columbia was on the nine, it
being composed almost entirely of Law School men,
among them two graduates of Princeton, one of Yale,
etc. Yale made 9 base hits to Columbia's 3, and but one
error to Columbia's three, despite which Columbia's
telling hits won the game. The defeat of Yale by Am-
herst, which was the only championship game won by
the latter during the season, was due to Yale's over-con-
fidence and poor play.
The first championship game with Harvard occurred
in New Haven, June 19th, and was won by Yale, 6 to 5,
It was probably the most exciting contest played for
many years, the score alternating in favor now of
one, now of the other, in a most trying manner. The
next game, at Cambridge, was won by Harvard with com-
parative ease, 5 to i. The deciding game was played at
Hartford, Saturday, July 3d, the day after Yale's victory
over Harvard on the Thames. The day was a terribly
hot one. Yale led off at the bat with a base hit on the
first ball, and from the start played with great determi-
nation.
About the third inning the victorious Yale crew arrived
on the field, having come up from New London, and from
that time on, the Harvard nine was completely demoral-
ized. This victory of 7 to i, brought Yale the champion-
ship, which was doubly welcome after Yale's wretched
performances in 1885.
1887
Two new men and one of the '86 substitutes, with six
old men formed the Yale nine of '87. By the withdrawal
7
98 BASE BALL.
of Yale, Harvard and Princeton from the Intercollegiate
Association, a new base ball association called the College
League was formed. These three Colleges voted to
admit Columbia, influenced by her fine record of the pre-
vious year. After a few games, in which she was very
badly worsted, and owing to difficulties in the way of hurt
players and lack of support, Columbia withdrew from
the League. The arrangement of games was that each
College should play the other four games, two each to be
on the home grounds. The League season was opened
by the defeat of Princeton on her own grounds 2 to i.
The first game with Harvard played in New Haven was
a crushing defeat for her, the score being 14 to 2. Up to
the sixth inning the game was quite close the score being
4 to 2 in favor of Yale. In the eighth inning the Yale
nine bunched their hits in a terrific manner, making eight
hits with a total of twelve, and allowing every man to
make the round of the bases. Harvard made but four
base hits during the game, to Yale's 18 with a total of 23.
After such a victory ^over Harvard the fact of their
turning the tables upon Yale in the next game, showed
pluck as well as skill. The game was close, 7 to 5, but
costly errors and scattered hits lost Yale the game. The
game that decided the championship — for Yale won all
her games with Princeton — was played in Cambridge
and won by Yale 5 to 4. Thus, out of eight years of the
existence of an Intercollegiate Association, Yale has been
champion for seven years (including 1880, in which year
Yale defeated Harvard, Princeton and Amherst, but was
not in the Association), and Harvard has been once
champion, in 1885. In games Yale and Harvard have
each won 29 from the other, while Yale has won 30 from
Princeton, to her 10 from Yale.
Out of 162 college games played by Yale, she has won
117 and lost 45. To other colleges than Harvard and
Princeton, Yale has lost but six games, two to Amherst,
two to Brown, one to Columbia, and one to Dartmouth.
Including games with professionals, as well as college
teams, Yale has made 537 more runs than her opponentsc
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99
YALE UNIVERSITY BASE BALL GAMES.
* Exhibition Games.
1865
Date. Opponents. Place. Score.
Sept. 30, Wesleyan, New Haven, 39-13
1867
Oct. 19, Columbia, New Haven, 46-12
1868
June 25, Princeton, New Haven, 30-23
July 25, Harvard, Worcester, 17-25
1869
June 28, Williams, New Haven, 26- 8
July 5, Harvard, Brooklyn, 24-41
1870
July 4, Harvard, New Haven, 22-24
July 6, Princeton, New Haven, 12-49
1871
July 5, Harvard, New Haven, 19-22
June
June
1872
I, Harvard, New Haven, 13-32
17-19
8, Harvard, Boston,
1873
May 10, Princeton,
May 21, Princeton,
May 24, Harvard,
May 31, Harvard,
Oct. 15, Princeton,
Princeton, 9- 2
New Haven, 9-10
New Haven, 15-16
Cambridge, 5-29
Princeton, 4-18
1874
June 29, Princeton, Hartford,
July 7, Princeton, New York,
July 14, Harvard, Saratoga,
July 15, Harvard, Saratoga,
16- I
II- 3
4- o
7- 4
1875
Date. Opponents. Place. Score.
May 26, Princeton, Princeton, 14- 4
May 29, Princeton, New Haven, o- 3
June 25, Amherst, Amherst, 5- 3
June 26, Harvard, Boston, 9- 4
June 28, Harvard, New Haven, 11- 4
Princeton, (Forfeited.) 9- o
1876
May 17, Trinity, New Haven, 9- 4
May 20, Princeton, Princeton, 12- 9
May 27, Brown, Providence, 13- 5
June 3, Harvard, Cambridge, 3- 4
June 6, Princeton, New Haven, 13- 3
June 26, Harvard, New Haven, 7- 6
July I, Harvard, Hartford, i- 5
May
May
May
June
June
June
June
June
June
June
1877
19, Amherst, Amherst,
23, Princeton, Princeton,
26, Harvard, New Haven,
2, Trinity,
9, Princeton,
15, Amherst,
22, Harvard,
25, Trinity,
27, Amherst,
30, Harvard,
Hartford,
New Haven,
New Haven,
Cambridge,
New Haven,
Hartford,
Hartford,
9- 4
6-4
5- o
5- o
8- o
4- 5
I-IO
17- I
24- 8
2- 5
1878
April 17,
April 27,
May 15,
May
May
May
June
June
Trinity,
Wesleyan,
Princeton,
Harvard,
Trinity,
Harvard,
Amherst.
Hartford, 6- i
New Haven, 10- i
Princeton, 4-
New Haven, 4-
New Haven, 25-
Cambridge, 11-
New Haven, 10-
Princeton, New Haven, 10-
100
BASE BALL.
Date. Opponents. Place. Score.
June 21, Princeton, New York, lo- 3
June 24, Harvard, New Haven, 3-1 1
June 26, Harvard, Cambridge, 2- 9
June 29, Harvard, Hartford, 3-16
1879
May 3, Princeton, Princeton, 13- 8
May 10, Harvard, New Haven, 11- 5
May 17, Harvard, Cambridge, o- 2
May 24, Amherst, Amherst, 15- i
May 30, Brown, New Haven, 2- o
May 31,. Princeton, New Haven, 3- o
June 9, Brown, Providence, 2- 3
June 21, Amherst, New Haven, 10- 4
June 23, Harvard, New Haven, 9- 5
June 25, Harvard, Cambridge, 3- 7
Brown, (Forfeited.) 9- o
June 28, Harvard, Providence, 4- 9
1880
12, Princeton, (Forfeited.) 9- o
15, Harvard, New Haven, 21- 4
Amherst, 8- o
Cambridge, 2- i
New Haven, 14- 3
New Haven, 8- i
New Haven, i- 3
Cambridge, 3- o
May
May
May 22, Amherst,
May 29, Harvard,
June 5, Amherst,
June 9, Princeton
June '28, Harvard,
June 30, Harvard,
1881
May
May
May
May
May
May
June
June
June
June
Princeton,
Harvard,
Dartmouth
Brown,
Harvard,
Brown,
Princeton,
Dartmouth
Amherst,
Amherst,
New Haven,
Cambridge,
,Springfield,
New Haven,
New Haven,
New Haven,
Princeton,
,New Haven,
New Haven,
New Haven,
6- 5
9-14
3-6
[9-
May 10, Brown,
May 23, Brown,
May 24, Amherst,
New Haven, 4- 2
Providence, 8- 9
New Haven, 13- i
Date.
May 27
May
June
June
*Jun
June 22,
June 24,
June 27,
June 28,
May 5,
May 12,
May 19,
May 26,
May 30,
June 2,
June 13,
*Jun. 20,
June 23,
*Jun. 26,
*July 3,
*July 4,
Opponents.
Harvard,
Princeton,
Dartmouth,
Dartmouth,
Rutgers,
Harvard,
Princeton,
Princeton,
Amherst,
Place.
New Haven,
New York,
New Haven,
New York,
New Haven,
Cambridge,
New York,
New York,
New Haven,
1883
Amherst,
Harvard,
Brown,
Harvard,
New Haven,
New Haven,
Providence,
Cambridge,
Princeton, New York,
Brown,
Amherst,
Harvard,
Princeton,
Harvard,
Harvard,
Harvard.
New Haven,
Amherst,
Cambridge,
New York,
New Haven,
New York,
Philadelphia,23- 9
Score.
7-10
15- 8
5- 4
8-3
12- 2
5- 4
7- 8
9- 5
21- 8
3- I
3- o
6-4
5- I
5- 4
8- o
4- 2
4- I
2- 3
1- o
2- I
1884
May 3, Brown, Providence, 8- 3
*May lo, Harvard, Cambridge, 8- i
May 14, Dartmouth,New Haven, 6- 2
May 17, Harvard, New Haven, 7- 8
May 24, Amherst, Amherst, 17-4
May 30, Princeton, New York, 16- 3
June 2, Dartmouth, New Haven, 12-11
June 5, Amherst, New Haven, 4- 3
June 17, Brown, New Haven, 9- 6
June ig, Princeton, New York, 9- o
June 21, Harvard, Cambridge, 4-17
*Jun. 24, Harvard, New Haven, 6-2
June 27, Harvard, Brooklyn, 4- 2
1885
May 9, Princeton, New Haven, 5- 3
May 13, Brown, New Haven, 11- 9
May 16, Harvard, New Haven, 4-12
*May 20, Trinity, New Haven, 20- 7
May 22, Dartmouth, New Haven, 15- 6
BASE BALL.
lOI
Date.
May 27,
*May 30,
June 3,
June 6,
June 10,
June 13,
June 20,
*Jun. 23,
Opponents.
Amherst,
Williams,
Brown,
Princeton,
Dartmouth
Amherst,
Harvard,
Princeton,
Place. Score.
Amherst, 10- 9
New Haven, 13- 4
8- 4
5-1 1
5- 3
Providence,
Princeton,
New Haven
New Haven, 14- 2
Cambridge, 2-16
New Haven, 13-15
1886
*Apr.
*May
May
*May
May
*May
*May
June
June
June
27, U. of Penn.
1, Williams,
12, Brown,
19, Columbia,
22, Amherst,
29, Harvard,
31, Williams,
2, Princeton,
5, Princeton,
9, Amherst,
Philadelphia, 13- 3
Williamst'n, ii- 3
New Haven, 6- i
New Haven, i- 3
Amherst, 4- 5
Cambridge, 2-14
New Haven, 10- 3
Princeton, 9- 8
New Haven, 12- 2
New Haven, 9- 5
Date. Opponents. Place. Score.
June 12, Brown, Providence, 7- o
June 19, Harvard, New Haven, 6- 5
June 26, Harvard, Cambridge, i- 5
*Jun. 29, Harvard, New Haven, 9-10
July 3, Harvard, Hartford, 7- i
April 30,
*May 10,
May 14,
*May 17,
*May 21,
June 4,
June 8,
June II,
*Jun. 17,
June 18,
June 25,
June 28,
1887
Princeton, Princeton, 2- i
Trinity, New Haven, 9- i
Harvard, New Haven, 14- 2
Cornell, New Haven, 9- i
Columbia, Staten Isl'd, 20- i
Princeton, New Haven, 15- o
Harvard, Cambridge, 5- 7
Princeton, Princeton, 9- 3
Princeton, New Haven, 9-- 6
Princeton, New Haven, 10- 4
Harvard, Cambridge, 5- 4
Harvard, New Haven, 6- 3
SUMMARY.
Out of 162 college games played, Yale has won 117 and lost 45. Yale has won
29 games from Harvard and lost 29 games to her ; won 30 games from Princeton
and lost 10 games to her. To other colleges, Yale has lost six games : 2 to
Amherst, 2 to Brown, i to Columbia, and i to Dartmouth. The total number of
runs made by Yale and her opponents, including games with professionals, is as
follows : Yale, 3,808 ; Opponents, 3,271.
BEST
FIELDING RECORDS, 1879 TO
1888.
Catcher,
Hunt,
Amherst,
.989
Pitcher,
Nettleton,
Dartmouth,
.981
1st Base,
Childs,
Yale,
1. 000
2d Base,
Harris,
Princeton,
.966
3d Base,
Beaman,
Harvard,
.944
Short Stop,
Noyes,
Yale,
.917
Left Fielder,
Foster,
Harvard,
1.000
Center Fielder,
j Wadleigh, )
\ Reynolds, )
Princeton,
I.OOO
Right Fielder,"
Kellogg,
Yale,
I.OOO
BEST BATTING
RECORDS.
Highest single
average
Nichols,
Harvard,
.500
Highest total average,
Nichols
Harvard,
.905
102
BASE BALL.
INTERCOLLEGIATE BASE BALL ASSOCIATION, 1880-1888.
Year.
Contestants.
Winner.
No. of Games
Won.
Second.
1880
Harvard, Brown,
Princeton, Dartmouth,
Amherst, [Yale.]
[Yale.]
7 out of 8.
Princeton.
1881
Yale, Amherst,
Harvard, Brown,
Princeton, Dartmouth.
Yale.
7 out of 10.
Harvard,
Princeton.
1882
Yale, Amherst,
Harvard, Brown,
Princeton, Dartmouth.
Yale.
8 out of 11.
Princeton.
1883
Yale, Amherst,
Harvard, Brown.
Princeton,
Yale.
7 out of 8.
Princeton.
1884
Yale, Amherst,
Harvard, Brown,
Princeton, Dartmouth.
Yale.
9 out of II.
Harvard.
1885
Yale, Amherst,
Harvard, Brown,
Princeton, Dartmouth.
Harvard.
10 out of 10.
Yale,
Princeton.
1886
Yale, Amherst,
Harvard, Brown.
Princeton,
Yale.
7 out of 9.
Harvard.
1887
Yale,
Harvard,
Princeton.
Yale.
7 out of 8.
Harvard.
Summary. — Championship won by Yale, 7 years ; Harvard, i year. Sec-
ond place won by Princeton, 5 years ; Harvard, 4 years ; Yale, i year.
BASE BALL.
103
YALE-HARVARD FRESHMAN SERIES, 1 866-1 888.
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
Yale,
69, vs.
6g, vs.
70, vs.
71, vs.
72, vs.
73, vs.
74, vs.
75, vs.
76, vs.
77, vs.
77, vs.
77, vs.
78, vs.
78, vs.
78, vs.
79, vs.
79, vs.
79, vs.
80, vs.
80, vs.
81, vs.
81, vs.
82, vs.
82, vs.
83, vs.
83, vs.
84, vs.
84, vs.
85, vs.
85, vs.
86, vs.
86, vs.
86, vs.
87, vs.
87, vs.
88, vs.
88, vs.
89, vs.
89, vs.
90, vs.
90, vs.
Harvard,
'69,
Harvard,
'69.
Harvard,
'70,
Harvard,
'71.
Harvard,
'72,
Harvard,
'73,
Harvard,
'74,
Harvard,
'75,
Harvard,
'76,
Harvard,
'77,
Harvard,
'77,
Harvard,
'77,
Harvard,
'78,
Harvard,
'78,
Harvard,
'78,
Harvard,
'79,
Harvard,
'79,
Harvard,
'79,
Harvard,
'80,
Harvard,
'80,
Harvard,
'81,
Harvard,
'81,
Harvard,
'82,
Harvard,
'82,
Harvard,
'83,
Harvard,
'83,
Harvard,
'84,
Harvard,
'84,
Harvard,
'85,
Harvard,
'85,
Harvard,
'86,
Harvard,
'86,
Harvard,
'86,
Harvard,
'87,
Harvard,
'87,
Harvard,
'88,
Harvard,
'88,
Harvard,
'89,
Harvard,
'89.
Harvard,
'90,
Harvard,
'90,
Worcester, July 26, 1866, 36-33
Worcester, July 18, 1867, 23-22
Worcester, July 18, 1867, 38-18
Worcester, July 23, 1868, 19-39
Providence, July 6, 1869, 28-19
Springfield, June 25, 1870, 21-18
New Haven, June 26, 1871, 15-10
New Haven, June 25, 1872, 8- i
New Haven, May 31, 1873, 4-25
Boston, June 22, 1874, 4-10
Boston, June 23, 1874, 28-14
Boston, June 24, 1874, 7-16
Cambridge, June 5, 1875, 3- 6
New Haven, June 17, 1875, 18- 8
Springfield, June 25, 1875, 17- 4
New Haven, May 3, 1876, 14-13
Cambridge, June 17, 1876, 9-14
Hartford, June 24, 1876, 12-20
Cambridge, May 12, 1877, 7- 8
New Haven, June 2, 1877, 15- i
New Haven, May 11, 1878, 8- i
Cambridge, June i, 1878, 4-1 1
New Haven, April 26, 1879, 19-11
Cambridge, May 31, 1879, 6- 5
New Haven, May 22, 1880, i- o
Cambridge, June 5, 1880, 5- 5
New Haven, May 21, 1881, 15- 2
Cambridge, June 4, 1881, 21- 2
New Haven, May 10, 1882, 5- 4
Cambridge, June 10, 1882, 7- 6
New Haven, May 19, 1883, 8- i
Cambridge, June 9, 1883, 9-16
Springfield, June 23, 1883, 6- 4
New Haven, May 31, 1884, 17- 8
Cambridge, June 7, 1884, i- 5
Cambridge, May 16, 1885, ii-ii
New Haven, May 23, 1885, 14- 4
Cambridge, May 19, 1886, 4-1 1
New Haven, June 12, 1886, 7- 8
Cambridge, May 18, 1887, 19- 7
New Haven, June 8, 1887, 10- 2
Summary. — Yale Freshmen, 26 games ; Harvard Freshmen, 13.
games, 2.
Tie
I04 BASE BALL.
YALE UNIVERSITY BASE BALL MEN.
1865
H. W. Reeve ; f J. Coffin, '68 ; C. A. Edwards, '66 ; Jewell ; J. U. Taintor,
'66 ; E. Coffin, '66 ; L. E. Condict, '69 ; C. F. Brown, '66 ; A. H. Terry, '65.
1866 /
C. F. Brown, '66 ; G. P. Sheldon, '67 ; J. U. Taintor, '66 ; T. S. Van Volk-
enburgh, '66 ; C. A. Edwards, '66 ; J. L. Varick, '68 ; f J. Coffin, '68 ; L. E.
Condict, '69 ; H. W. Reeve.
1867
tJ. Coffin, '68 ; J. G. K. McClure, '70 ; L. E. Condict, '69; J. W. Shattuck,
*70 ; T. Hooker, '69 ; B. A. Fowler, '68 ; E. G. Selden, '70 ; E. A. Lewis, '70 ;
T. McClintock, '70.
1868
T. McClintock, '70 ; E. A. Lewis, '70 ; L. E. Condict, '69 ; H. A. Cleve-
land, '70 ; fT. Hooker, '69 ; S. S. McCutchen, '70 ; W. Buck, '70 ; C. Dem-
ing, '72 ; E. G. Selden, '70.
1869
T. McClintock, '70; C. Deming, '72 ; T. Hooker, '69; fS. S. McCutchen,
*70 ; C. French, '72 ; L. E. Condict, '69 ; G. Richards, '72 ; W. B. Wheeler,
'72 ; E. A. Lewis, '70.
1870
W. Buck, '70 ; W. B. Wheeler, '72 ; G. Richards, '72 ; G. F. Bentley, '73 ;
H. S. Payson, '72 ; f S. S. McCutchen, '70 ; C, O. Day, '72 ; C. H. Thomas, '73 ;
C. Deming, '72.
1871
A. B. Nevin, '74 ; G. Richards, '72 ; f C. Deming, '72 ; H. C. Deming, '72 ;
P. Barnes, '74 ; C. Maxwell, '75 ; C. O. Day, '72 ; G. F. Bentley, '73 ; W. B.
Wheeler, '72.
1872
H. C. Deming, '72 ; P. Barnes, '74 ; G. Richards, '72 ; f C. Deming, '72 ;
C. Maxwell, '74 ; G. F. Bentley, '73 ; A. B. Nevin, '74 ; C. O. Day, '72 ; F.
W. Foster, '74.
f Indicates Captain.
BASE BALL. 10$
1873
C. Maxwell, '74 ; C. H. Avery, '75 ; G. F. Bentley, '73 ; J. L. Scudder, '74 ;
S. J. Elder, '73 ; fA. B. Nevin, '74 ; F. H. Wright, '73 ; F. W. Foster, '74 ;
W. H. Hotchkiss, '75.
1874
W. H. Hotchkiss, '75 ; A. B. Nevin, '74 ; G. F. Bentley, '73 ; fC. H.
Avery, '75 ; J. L. Scudder, '74; E. E. Osborn, '74 S.; C. Maxwell, '74; E.
C. Smith, '75 ; F. W. Foster, '74.
1875
W. H. Hotchkiss, '75 : Morgan, '78 ; Knight ; fC. H. Avery, '75 ; C.
Maxwell, '75 ; W. 1. Bigelow, '77 ; D. A. Jones, '75 ; E. C. Smith, '75 ; F. W.
Wheaton,'77.
1876
Morgan, '78 ; fW. L Bigelow, '77 ; F. W. Wheaton, '77 ; C. M. Dawes, '76 ;
C. F. Carter, '78 ; L. A. Piatt, '77 ; W. V. Downer, '78 ; Williams, '77 ; L. W.
Maxson, '76.
1877
F. W. Wheaton, '77 ; Morgan, '78 ; fW. L Bigelow, '77 ; G. H. Clark, '80 ;
Williams, '77 ; E. W. Smith, '78 ; W. V. Downer, '78 ; C. F. Carter, '78 ; O. W.
Brown, '78.
1878
W. F. Hutchison, '80 ; W. Parker, '80 ; E. W. Smith, '78 ; A. L. Ripley,
'78 ; fW. V. Downer, '78 ; H. T. Walden, '81 ; F. W. Brown, '78 S.; C. F.
Carter, '78 ; G. H. Clark, '80.
1879
fW. F. Hutchison, '80 ; W. Parker, '80 ; B. B. Lamb, '81 ; H. T. Walden,
'81 ; S. C. Hopkins, '82 ; W. C. Camp, '80 ; G. H. Clark, '80; R. W. Watson,
'81 S.; A. L. Ripley, P. G.
1880
W. Parker, '80; fB. B. Lamb, '81 ; G. H. Clark, '80; W. F. Hutchison,
'80 ; W. C. Camp, '80 ; H. T. Walden, '81 ; S. C. Hopkins, '82 ; R. W. Wat-
son, '81 S.; W. L Badger, '82.
1881
fH. T. Walden, '8t ; H. B. Piatt, '82 ; B. B. Lamb, '81 ; W. F. Hutchison
P. G.; W. C. Camp, M. S.; S. C. Hopkins, '82 ; R. W. Watson, '81 S.; H.
Ives, '81 ; W. I. Badger, '82.
I06 BASE BALL.
A. Hubbard, '83 S.; W. C. Camp, M. S.; H. B. Piatt, '82 ; S. C. Hopkins,
'82 ; fW. L Badger, '82 ; A. E. Smith, '83 ; D. A. Jones, '83 ; H. C. Hopkins,
'84 ; D. H. Wilcox, Jr., '84.
1883
fA. Hubbard, '83 S.; C. M. Griggs, '83 ; H. C. Hopkins, '84 ; S. B. Childs,
'83 ; D. A. Jones, '84 ; W. Terry, '85 ; J. L Souther, '84 ; O. McKee, '84 ; D.
A. Carpenter, L. S.
1884
fH. C. Hopkins, '84 ; W. Terry, '85 ; J. L Souther, '84 ; O. McKee, '84 ;
W. S. Brigham, '86 ; J. C. Oliver, '85 ; S. A. Booth, '84 ; P. B. Stewart, '86 ;
S. K. Bremner, '86.
1885
S. K. Bremner, '86 ; fW. Terry, '85 ; F. A. Marsh, '86 S.; A. A. Stagg, '88 !
W. B. Sheppard, '87 ; J. A. Merrill, '85 ; P. B. Stewart, '86 ; W. B. Hickox,
'86 S.; P. G. Willett, '88.
1886
J. C. Dann, '88 S.; A. A. Stagg, '88 ; J. F. Cross, T. S.; F. A. Marsh, '86 8.;
f P. B. Stewart, '86 ; S. K. Bremner, '86 ; W. S. Brigham, '87 ; W. B. Shep-
pard, '87 ; H. F. Noyes, '89.
1887
f J. C. Dann, '88 S.; A. A. Stagg, '88 ; A. K. Spencer, '89 S.; C. B. McConkey,
'88 ; P. B. Stewart, P. G.; H. F. Noyes, '89 ; W. S. Brigham, '87 ; J. F. Hunt,
L. S.; F. S. Kellogg, '87 S.
Summary. — In base ball, 96 men have filled 207 places. Of these, 4 played
5 years ; 8 played 4 years ; 25 played 3 years ; 21 played 2 years, and 38
played i year. The men who played 5 years were Condict, '69 ; C. Deming,
'72 ; Bentley, '73 ; Maxwell, '75. The men who played four years were
Richards, '72 ; Nevin, '74 ; Clark, '80 ; Hutchison, '80 ; Camp, '80 ; Walden,
'81 ; Hopkins, '82 ; Stewart, '86.
Track Athletics — 1872-1888.
1872
The first field games of the '* Yale Athletic Association '*
were held at Hamilton Park, New Haven, on Saturday,
May 4th, 1872. The Athletic Association was under the
control of the boating and ball clubs, and its first effort
was pronounced a decided success. The contests included,
besides the usual runs and jumps, a three-legged race,
standing broad and high jumps, a four-hundred yards*
walk, and a consolation race.
1874
Despite the success of this first attempt, the second
field meeting was not held until October 31, 1874, al-
though Yale sent two representatives to the intercollegi-
ate contests held at Saratoga, July 20th, in connection
with the annual regatta of American colleges. Yale's
two representatives, A. B. Nevins, who was entered for
the loo-yards dash, and C. Maxwell, who was entered for
the i20-yards hurdle race, won their events. It is rather
a reflection upon Mr. Nevins' competitors that, at the
start, he slipped and fell ; still he is described as running
** in the most elegant style." His reported time of 10^
seconds appears rather doubtful, too, in view of the delay
such an accident would cause him. Maxwell's time in
the hurdle was 20^ seconds. Among the other winners
were E. Copeland, of Cornell, who won. the mile run in
4.58^ seconds ; Downes, of Wesleyan, who won the three-
mile run, and Eustis, of Wesleyan, who won the seven-
mile walk.
I08 TRACK ATHLETICS.
1875
The third meeting of the Yale Athletic Association met.
May 19th, and was of more than ordinary interest since
upon the winners devolved the duty of representing Yale
at the intercollegiate athletic contests to be held in Sara-
toga on the day following the regatta. One excellent
stipulation made was that, unless the events were up to a
certain standard, no prize should be awarded.
The Yale representatives to the intercollegiate were
Messrs. Trumbull and Maxwell. Both were in poor con-
dition, Maxwell having been disabled in the Yale-Harvard
ball game, and Trumbull having wrenched his hip in
practice.
Trumbull won the half-mile and took second in the
quarter-mile. Maxwell won the hurdle-race easily in
193^ seconds. The other winners were Taylor, of Harv-
ard, in the seven and the thi'ee-mile walk ; Morell, of
Amherst, in the three-mile run ; Eustis, of Wesleyan, in
the graduates' seven-mile walk ; Potter, of Cornell, in the
lOO-yards ; Culver, of Union, in the quarter-mile run;
Barber, of Amherst, in the mile-run, and Piatt, of Wil-
liams, in the mile walk; Yale, Harvard and Amherst won
two first prizes each, and Williams, Cornell, and Union
one first each.
Annual fall games were started at Yale this year, and
were an unqualified success, the most interesting event
being the running high jump of Gale, '78 S., who cleared
five feet, three inches, which was pronounced "the finest
amateur jumping ever done in America."
1876
The intercollegiate games were held for the third year
at Saratoga immediately after the annual regatta. A
challenge cup, valued at $500, now commonly known as
the Mott Haven Cup, was presented to the intercollegi-
ate association to be awarded every year to the college
winning most first prizes at the annual meeting. In case
TRACK ATHLETICS. IO9
of a tie in the number of first prizes the number of second
prizes was to decide the holder of the cup. In this year
it was won by Princeton, who took four first prizes ; in
the half-mile run, putting the shot, three-mile walk, and
base ball throw. The two latter were won by T. A.
Noble and J. M. Mann (with a throw of 368 feet, 6 inches)
respectively, the names of the other winners being in the
table of statistics. Williams and Dartmouth each won
two first prizes and Yale, Columbia, Univ. of Penn., and
C. C. N. Y., secured one each.
The chief feature of the meeting was the hurdling of
Wakeman, of Yale, who made the fastest amateur time in
America, iS}^ seconds. It is a curious commentary on
the taste of the times, that the hurdle and loo-yards races
were regarded as tame, while a three or seven-mile walk
was considered most interesting and exciting.
From 'y6 to '79 inclusive the track athletes at Yale
were trained by W. C. and L. C. Dole.
1877
No spring games were held at Yale this year, and for
three years Yale sent no representatives to the intercol-
legiate meetings, entering the association again in 1880.
The intercollegiate games were held at Mott Haven
for the first time this year, an experiment that proved
very acceptable to college men. Columbia, Princeton
and the University of Pennsylvania were most prom-
inent for the number of their representatives, and were
rewarded by a correspondingly large number of prizes.
Three records were broken, in the 220-yards and 440-
yards runs, and in the running broad jump, in which
H. H. Lee, University of Pennsylvania, made the best
jump ever yet made in America, 19 feet, 7 inches. The
events not mentioned in the tables were a two-mile
walk, won by Mr. Eldredge of Columbia, in 16 minutes,
24 seconds, and the graduates* loo-yards' and mile walk,
won, respectively, by Messrs. Duffield, of Princeton, and
Beach, of Princeton. The prizes awarded were gold and
no TRACK ATHLETICS.
silver medals for firsts and seconds. The Mott Haven
Cup was won by Columbia with six first prizes.
1878
Columbia again won the cup this year, taking seven
first prizes. Mott Haven having proved so satisfactory,
was again chosen this year by the intercollegiate associa-
tion. The most noteworthy event was the high jump-
ing of J. P. Conover, Columbia, who cleared 5 feet, 6j^
inches, breaking the amateur record. Of the events not
in the tables, Larkin, of Princeton, won the standing
jumps, broad and high ; Eldredge, of Columbia, the two-
mile walk; Duffield, of Princeton, the graduates' 100-
yards, and Parmly, of Columbia, the graduates* one-mile
walk.
1879
For the third year in succession Columbia secured the
Mott Haven Cup, winning six first places. The meeting
of this year was an unusually successful one, eight inter-
collegiate records being broken, and three amateur Ameri-
can. The best work was done by J. P. Conover, of Colum-
bia, who jumped 5 feet, Sj^ inches, in the running high
jump, and 20 feet in the broad jump ; and by F. Larkin,
of Princeton, who threw the hammer 87 feet, i inch, and
put the shot 33 feet, 8^ inches. Larkin also won the
standing high and broad jumps, doing 4 feet, 6^ inches,
and 10 feet, 3^ inches, respectively. The other events
not in the tables were the two-mile walk won by R. H.
Sayre, Columbia, and the graduates' loo-yards and one-
mile walk, won by W. Waller, Columbia, and E. J. Mc-
Elvaine of Princeton, respectively. The latter started
alone in his race.
1880
For the first time Harvard won the cup this year. The
best performances were in the mile run, pole vault, broad
TRACK ATHLETICS. Ill
jump and putting the shot, in which the intercollegiate
records were broken.
The standing high and broad jumps were taken by W.
Soren, of Harvard, the former being a very creditable
performance of 4 feet, 11% inches. Eighteen colleges
were represented in the games.
The mile run of T. Dewitt Cuyler, of Yale, who estab-
lished the record of 4 minutes 37f seconds, only broken
in 1887, was a noticeable feature of the games.
1881
Harvard won the cup again in this year. Mr. Evert J.
Wendell, of Harvard, who had been running at the inter-
collegiate meetings for the two years previous, cut down
his records, making the 100 yards in loj^ seconds, and the
220 yards in the then record time of 23^ seconds. The
standing high jump was won by W. Soren, of Harvard.
The Tug-of-war, introduced the year before but not
actually contested, was won this year by Princeton. The
time allowed for a pull was ten minutes, and the amount
of rope pulled away from a losing team something aston-
ishing according to our present ideas. For instance,
Princeton pulled Columbia by 6 leet, 6 inches, and Penn-
sylvania by 4 feet, 7 inches.
1882
In this year the games (after having been held at Mott
Haven for five years) were held at the Manhattan Polo
Grounds.
The best work this year was done by H. S. Brooks of
Yale, who ran a loo-yards in 10^ and beat the intercol-
legiate and amateur record in the 220 yards by running
it in 225^ seconds. The records in hammer-throwing
and the broad-jump were beaten. In the tug-of-war
Harvard was pulled by the C. C. N. Y., while Columbia
and Pennsylvania pulled a dead heat for ten minutes.
In a second trial between these two Columbia won by
13 inches. Harvard won the cup with six firsts.
112 TRACK ATHLETICS.
1883
The greatest surprise of this year was the wonderful
tug-of-war team turned out by Lafayette, which defeated
Harvard by 3 feet, 4 inches. The high jump record was
improved by Atkinson, of Harvard, to 5 feet, 9^^ inches,
and the hammer record by Kip, of Harvard, to 88 feet, 11
inches. The quarter and half mile runs won by W. H.
Goodwin of Harvard in the record time of 51-J^ sec. and
2 min., 2 sec, were excellent features of the games.
The average of performances this year was good.
Harvard won the cup, taking seven firsts.
1884
The place of meeting was transferred this year from
the Polo Grounds to the Manhattan Athletic Club
grounds, which have been used ever since.
The famous 220 yards dash between Baker, of Harv-
ard, and Brooks, of Yale, occurred this year. Brooks had
been urged to break the 150 yards' record and made a
tremendous effort up to that point, establishing a record
of iS}i seconds and leading Baker there by 15^ feet.
Baker won in 22f, however, breaking the record with
Brooks a very close second. The intercollegiate records
were broken, also, in the hurdle race, high jump and
broad jump. Harvard won the cup with five firsts.
1885
In only two contests this year were intercollegiate rec-
ords broken, the high jump and putting the shot. Baker,
of Harvard, who made the amateur American record- of
22f in the 220 yards in 1884, won without being pushed
in 23f . W. B. Page, University of Pennsylvania, won the
high jump for the first time this year by clearing 5 feet,
11^ inches. The fact that he stands only 5 feet, 6^
inches, in his stockings, and jumps nine inches over his
own height, makes him the most wonderful jumper the
world has ever seen. His best jump, up to this time, was
TRACK ATHLETICS.
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6 feet, % inch, which fails of being marvelous only in
view of the fact that, in the fall of 1887, he jumped
6 feet, 4 inches. Harvard won the cup with four firsts.
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1886
The intercollegiate meeting of this year was an inter-
esting one and remarkable for the large number of entries
made. They numbered 236, and of nineteen colleges in
the association, all but four were represented.
The 100 yards race was the first event and upon it de-
pended whether the cup was to go to Harvard or Yale.
In the final heat Rogers, of Harvard, and Sherrill, of Yale,
ran what was practically a dead-heat. At first Sherrill
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114 TRACK ATHLETICS.
was thought by all to be the winner, but the judges de-
clared for Rogers, with Sherrill an exceedingly close sec-
ond. By this decision Yale lost the cup, winning four
first prizes to Harvard's five.
In the i20-yards hurdle Ludington, of Yale, broke his
own intercollegiate record, doing the distance in 17 sec-
onds. In the hammer-throwing Coxe, of Yale, broke
the intercollegiate record by a throw of 95 feet, 11
inches. The high jump was won by Page, of Pennsyl-
vania, who did 5 feet, 11^ inches, establishing an inter-
collegiate record.
1887
The winning of the Cup by Yale this year was the re-
sult of much hard and earnest work, and also of the carry-
ing out of a principle in track athletics, long recognized
at Harvard, that of forming a *' team " to compete, and
not a number of individuals. The excellence of the per-
formances of the Yale men, in breaking four intercollegi-
ate records, was a noticeable feature of the games.
The records broken were as follows: Coxe threw the
hammer 98 feet, 6 inches, and put the shot 40 feet, g%
inches. Shearman covered 21 feet, 7J^ inches in the
broad jump, and Harmar ran a mile in 4 minutes, 36!^ sec-
onds. After having won for three years in the tug-of-
war, Harvard was pulled by Columbia.
In total number of first and second prizes won in inter-
collegiate track athletic contests, it will be seen, from the
tables, that Harvard stands first, followed by Columbia,
Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania in the order named,
with the smaller colleges scattering. In best records,
however, Yale and Harvard stand tied with five each,
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TRACK ATHLETICS.
FIRST PRIZES INTERCOLLEGIATE GAMES, 1876-1887.
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
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liams, 3 ; Stevens, 3 ; Wesleyan, 2 ; Amherst, 2 ; C. C. N. Y., 2 ; Cornell, 2
Union i, and Michigan i.
SECOND PRIZES INTERCOLLEGIATE GAMES, 1876-1887.
Harvard.
Coiumbia.
Yale.
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Note. — Lafayette has won 3 second prizes ; Lehigh, 3 ; Dartmouth, 3 ;
Brown, 2 ; Rutgers, 2 ; C. C. N. Y., 2 ; Wesleyan, i ; Amherst, i ; Hobart, i.
TRACK ATHLETICS.
121
TABLE SHOWING IMPROVEMENT IN INTERCOLLEGIATE
RECORDS FROM 1876-1887.
1876. 1887.
min. sec. min. sec.
100 yards dash, 11 10
220 yards dash, 23>^ (1877) 22
440 yards dash, 56 50^
Half-mile run, 2 i6}4 2 i
One mile run, 4 58^ 4 36^
One mile walk, 87 71
120 yards hurdle, i8>^ 17
Two mile bicycle, 7 57 (1880) 6 17
feet. in. feet. in.
Running high jump, .... 5 2}4 6 ^
Running broad jump, . . . .18 3^ 21 7}^
Pole vault, 7 9 (1877) 10 7^
Throwing hammer, . . . ^ . 75 10 (1877) 98 6
Putting shot 30 iii^ 40 g}4
Note, — Although in a few instances the performances of 1876 were not
equal to those of previous years, they have been here given, because of the
more reliable timing and measuring.
THE MOTT HAVEN CUP.
1876 — Princeton.
1877 — Columbia.
1878 — Columbia.
1879 — Columbia.
1880 — Harvard.
1881— Harvard.
1882 — Harvard.
1883— Harvard.
1884 — Harvard.
1885— Harvard.
1886— Harvard.
1887— Yale.
Intercollegiate Lawn-Tennis Association^
1883
On the 17th of April, 1883, a meeting was held at
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., at which delegates
from Amherst and Brown were present, the object of the
meeting being to form an Intercollegiate Lawn-Tennis
Association. A committee was elected to draft a consti-
tution, which, having been prepared during a recess, was
read before the association, enlarged now by delegates
from Yale. A constitution was adopted, officers elected,
and an invitation extended to Harvard and Williams to
join the association. A second meeting was held in the
same place, on June 7th, 1883, attended by delegates
from Harvard as well as from the four other colleges, at
which it was resolved " that the championship tourna-
ment be held on the 9th of October, 1883, at Hartford,
Conn." An exhibition tournament was, however, held
on June 7, 8, and 9, in which the five colleges mentioned
above participated. The winners were, in singles, Mr.
J. Clark, '83, Harvard ; second place, Mr. G. L. Sargent,
L. S., Yale; in doubles, Messrs. Clark and Taylor, Harvard;
second place, Messrs. Gardiner and Hill, Brown. The
first annual championship tournament was held, as agreed,
in Hartford on October 9, 10 and 11, 1883. Wesleyan
was added to the five original members. The winners
were : In singles, Mr. H. A. Taylor, '86, Harvard ; sec-
ond place, Mr. L. Thorne, '85 S., Yale; and in doubles,
Messrs. Taylor and Presbrey, Harvard ; second place,
Messrs. Thorne and Knapp, Yale. The expenses for the
year were eight dollars.
INTERCOLLEGIATE LAWN-TENNIS ASSOCIATION. 1 23
1884
The annual meeting of the association was held in
Hartford, May 6. Lehigh and Williams were admitted.
A motion that there should be no spring tournament was
carried. It was also voted that each college be allowed
to send three players to the tournament. At the second
meeting, held October 8th, Princeton was admitted. It
was voted that there should be but one business meeting
a year, held on one of the days of the tournament. It
was also voted that each college might send two double
teams, as well as three single players. It was resolved
that all those beaten by the winner of the tournament
be allowed to play for second place. The winners were,
in singles, Mr. W. P. Knapp, '86, Yale ; second place,
Mr. G. M. Brinley, *88, Trinity; and in doubles, Messrs.
Knapp and Thorne, Yale ; second place, Messrs. Brinley
and Wright, Trinity. A feature of the tournament was
the defeat of Mr. Richard D. Sears, champion of the
United States, by Mr. Knapp. The Harvard team was
unfortunately crippled by Mr. Taylor's spraining his
wrist by a fall during his match with Mr. Brinley. Thus
by an unexpected defeat and an accident the Harvard
team, composed of the champion of the United States
and the winner of the Newport tournament, were
deprived of victory.
1885
At the annual meeting held in New Haven, October
15th, it was moved that hereafter clay courts be the official
courts of the association. The tournament was held on
the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Club on October
15th to 19th, and resulted as follows: winners, of singles,
Mr. W. P. Knapp, Yale; second place, Mr. G. M. Brin-
ley, Trinity ; of doubles, Messrs. Knapp and Shipman,
Yale ; second place, Messrs. Chase and Pratt, Amherst.
124 INTERCOLLEGIATE LAWN-TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
1886
At the annual meeting held in New Haven, October
15th, Columbia was admitted. Lehigh sent no repre-
sentatives to the meeting or the tournament. The tourna-
ment was again held on the New Haven Lawn Club
grounds. The winners were, in singles, Mr. G. M. Brin-
ley, Trinity ; second place, Mr. W. L. Thacher, Yale ;
and in doubles, Messrs. Knapp and Thacher, Yale ; sec-
ond place, Messrs. Brinley and Paddock, Trinity.
1887
The University of Pennsylvania sent players to the
tournament for the first time this year, and Lehigh was
again represented, after a lapse of one year. Ten col-
leges competed. The tournament was held again on
the New Haven Lawn Club grounds, from the nth to
the 14th of October. The winners were, in singles, Mr.
P. S. Sears, Harvard ; second place, Mr. O. S. Campbell,
Columbia; and in doubles, Messrs. P. Sears and Shaw,
Harvard ; second place, Messrs. Hall and Campbell,
Columbia. The prizes cost $285.
Thus it will be seen that in the five annual champion-
ship tournaments Yale has won five first places and three
seconds ; Harvard, four first places ; Trinity, one first
place and four seconds ; Columbia, two seconds, and Am-
herst one second.
From the eleven colleges which have taken part in
these tournaments, seventy-seven men have played. Of
these four men have played four years, eight men three
years, seventeen men two years, and forty-eight men one
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TENNIS REPRESENTATIVES.
[Numerals in brackets indicate number of years played by those who have
played more than one year.]
Amherst — Comstock, '83 ; Weedin, '84 ; Wheeler, '84 ; Appleton, '84 ;
Chase, '87 (4) ; F. W. Phelps, '85 ; F. J. Pratt, '86 ; C. B.Wilbur, '88 ; W. E.
Davidson (2) ; S. C. Brooks.
Brown — Barker, '83 ; Gardiner, '84 (2) ; Hill, '85 (2) ; Richmond, J. deF.
Danielson, '87 (2) ; W. W. Brownell, '88, F. H. Hovey, '90 (2) ; G. E. Warren,
'89 (2) ; W. R. Weedin, Weedin, '91.
Columbia— W. G. Hall, '89 (2) ; Bacon, '87 ; Sands, '88 ; Smith, Strebeigh,
O. S. Campbell, '91 ; R. C. Stevens, '90 ; Post.
Harvard—], Clark, '83 ; H. A. Taylor, '85 (3) ; Presbrey, '85 ; R. D. Sears,
M. S.; P. S. Sears, '89 (3) ; H. M. Sears, '89 (2) ; Kuhn, '88 ; W. B. Lord, '88 ;
D. K. Snow, '88 (3) ; T. S. Tailor, '89 ; Q. A. Shaw, '91.
Lehigh— Q,, Davis, '88 (2) ; M. A. Howe, '86 (2) ; R. H. E. Porter ; W. K.
Gillett.
Princeton—]. Conover, '84 ; Moflfatt, '85 ; A. H. Larkin, '87 (2) ; R. T. H.
Halsey, Hodge, '87.
7V?W/;/— Kurtz, '83 ; Purdy, '84 (2) ; G. H. Hills, '84 ; A. C. Hamlin, '87 (3) ;
G. M. Brinley, '88 (4) ; A. E. Wright, '89 (3) ; L. H. Paddock, '88 (3.)
University of Pennsylvania — W. B. Henry, '89 ; A. Thomson.
Wesleyan—]. R. Hoyt, '84 ; S. V. Coffin, '89 (3) ; Kabayama, '89 (2).
Williams— K. Duryea, '88 (4) ; J. Garfield, '85 ; Banks, '85 ; Broughton,
'88 ; M. W. Comstock.
Yale—Q. L. Sargent, L. S.; W. C. Camp, M. S.; H. W. Slocum, '83 ; L.
Thome, '85 S. (2) ; W. P. Knapp, '86 (4) ; A. L. Shipman, '86 (2) ; W. L.
Thacher, '87 (3) ; C. H. Ludington, '87 (2) ; G. A. Hurd, '90 (2) ; T. W. Porter,
'87 ; R. A. Gardiner, '87 ; R. S. Thomas, '87.
TABLE OF CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1876-1888.
1876
1877
1878
1879
i88o
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
Rowing.
Yale.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Yale.
Yale.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Yale.
Harvard.
Yale.
Yale.
Fodt Ball.
[Yale.]
Princeton.
Yale.
Base Ball.
[Yale.]
Yale. Yale.
Yale. Yale.
Yale. Yale.
Yale.
Princeton. Harvard.
Yale.
Yale.
Track Athletics.
Princeton.
Columbia.
Columbia.
Columbia.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Harvard.
Yale.
Tennis.
Harvard.
Yale.
Yale.
{ Yale.
I Trinity.
Harvard.
Summary. — Yale 22, Harvard 16, Princeton 3, Columbia 3, Trinity i. In
the three great branches of Athletics alone — Rowing, Foot Ball and Base
Ball — it will be noticed that Yale has even a greater lead than in all
the branches reckoned together, viz: Yale 18, Harvard 7, Princeton 2.
FINIS.
A HISTORY OF YALE ATHLETICS
GIVING EVERY CONTEST WITH
HARVARD, PRINCETON, PENNSYLVANIA, COLUMBIA,
WESLEYAN, ETC.,
— IN —
ROWING, FOOT BALL, BASE BALL, TRACK
ATHLETICS, AND TENNIS,
— BY —
Richard M. Hurd, Yale '88.
In one volume^ 8vo.^ Price^ $1.50.
Orders should be sent by mail to R. M. Hurd, 241 Lawrance Hall, New
Haven, Conn.
On sale by E. P. Button & Co., 23d Street, New York. F. A. Stokes, 182
Fifth Avenue, New York. Cupples & Hurd, Boston, Mass. Hirst & Leech,
Princeton, N. J. Brown & Gross, Hartford, Conn.
APPENDIX, 1888-'92,
By GEORGE A. KURD. Yale, '90.
1888
ROWING.
With the victories of *86 and '87 behind them and a
majority of the '87 crew still in college, the Yale boating
authorities had, this year, an excellent outlook. As most
of the rowing men were playing foot ball in the Fall, very
little practice could be done until after Christmas, and the
Captain very wisely waited unusually late in the Spring
before beginning the regular rowing on the water, in
order to avoid the risk of illness from exposure. More
latitude was allowed in matters of diet than was usual,
and the result was that the crew kept in good weight and
were unusually free from indisposition. The time devel-
oped in the practice rows on New Haven harbor was
faster than that made in practice by any crew since '82.
Although Woodruff, '89, who was rowing in the boat for
the third year, was disabled by an accident to his knee ten
days before the race, and his place had to be filled by a
substitute, Yale men went to New London confident of
winning the race.
On June 22d Yale defeated the University of Pennsyl-
vania in a four mile race by twelve lengths, rowing over
the course easily in 21 min. 19 sec. Four days later the
Yale Freshmen defeated the University of Pennsylvania
Freshmen by three lengths over a two-mile course, in 1 1
min. 31 sec.
134 APPENDIX.
On the 29th of June the Yale-Harvard race was rowed.
The start was made, on smooth water, at 5.30 P. M. Yale
caught the water first and at once took the lead, rowing
steadily and in good form. At the half-mile flag Yale led
by three lengths, which was more than doubled by the
time the mile flag was reached. The race became a pro-
cession, Yale rowing the *' Bob Cook " stroke in superb
form, scarcely varying from a 34 stroke throughout the
race, while Harvard rowed 36 to 38 strokes per minute in
uneven form. In 20 min. 10 sec. Yale crossed the line,
having broken the record, made by the Yale crew of '84,
by 21 seconds, and beaten Harvard by about twenty -two
lengths. Harvard's time was 21 min. 24 sec.
The crews were made up as follows :
Yale— Bow, R. M. Wilcox, '88 S.; 2, C. O. Gill, '89 ; 3, G. S. Brewster, '91 ;
4, J. A. Hartwell, '89 S.; 5, W. H. Corbin, '89 ; 6, F. A. Stevenson (Capt.), '88 ;
7, G. R. Carter, '88 S.; Stroke, S. M. Cross, '88 ; Cox., R. Thompson, '90.
Harvard— Bow, E. C. Storrow (Capt.), '89 ; 2, J. B. Markoe, '89 ; 3, P. D.
Trafford, '89 ; 4, B. T. Tilton, '90 ; 5, J. T. Davis, '89 ; 6, C. E. Schroll, L. S.;
7, J. R. Finlay, '91 ; Stroke, W. Alexander, L. S.; Cox., J. E. Whitney, '89.
Referee, Hermann Oelrichs, of New York.
Averages of the crews :
Yale — Age, 21^ years ; weight, 165 lbs.; height, 5 ft. 10 jl^ in.
Harvard — Age, 20^ years ; weight, i68>^ lbs.; height, 5 ft. 11^ in.
FOOT BALL.
The Yale team this year went through the season with-
out being scored against, making 690 points in thirteen
games, and may justly be considered the strongest team
that up to this time had been put on the foot ball field.
This was not so much due to any marked advance in the
science of team-play, as to the remarkable skill of the in-
dividual players in their respective positions, combined
with great pluck and endurance.
Harvard was defeated by Princeton, at Princeton, by a
score of i8 to 6, and the Harvard Faculty soon after this
refused to let the team play the Yale-Harvard game in
APPENDIX. 135
New York (on Thanksgiving Day) as the constitution of
the Intercollegiate Association directed. On Yale's re-
fusal to play the game in Cambridge as Harvard demanded
(Yale having played there in 1886, the last game between
these Colleges not played on neutral grounds), Harvard
forfeited the game to Yale.
Yale's excellent record throughout the season, and
Princeton's easy defeat of Harvard, gave an exceptional
interest to the Yale-Princeton game, which was played on
the Polo Grounds in New York, on Saturday, Nov. 24th.
The day was a fairly good one, though the field was a
little slippery, and a strong breeze was blowing. Yale
won the toss and took the west goal with the wind in her
favor. Princeton opened the game with a series of short
rushes, using her heavy center as much as possible, and
carried the ball to Yale's 25-yard line, where Ames made
a poor try for a goal from the field. Yale then carried
the ball to the center of the field where Bull and Ames,
the two full backs, exchanged several punts, much to
the advantage of the former, and the ball was in
dangerous proximity to Princeton's goal. Finally, after
three unsuccessful trials, the Yale full back kicked a
goal from the field. During the rest of the half Princeton
was on the defensive, and time was soon called with
the ball only two yards from her goal line. Through-
out the greater part of the second half Princeton kept
advancing the ball by short rushes and heavy rush-line
play, only to lose the ground thus gained by a long punt
by Bull, and just before time was called two long runs
by Yale men carried the ball to Princeton's lo-yard line,
and Bull kicked another goal from the field, making the
final score 10 to o. The championship was awarded to
Yale by the Intercollegiate Association.
The Yale team was made up of :
W. H. Corbin (Capt.), '89 ; G. W.Woodruff, '89 ; W. W. Hefflefinger,'9i S.;
C. O. Gill, '89 ; W. C. Rhodes, '91 ; A. A. Stagg, T. S.; F. W. Wallace. '89 ;
W. C. Wurtemberg, '89 S.; T. L. McClung, '92 ; W. P. Graves, '91 ; W. T.
Bull, P. G.
136 APPENDIX.
The record of games played is as follows
Yale vs.
Wesleyan,
76-0
Yale vs.
Rutgers,
65-0
Yale vs.
University of Pennsylvania,
34-0
Yale vs.
Wesleyan,
46-0
Yale vs.
Amherst,
39-0
Yale vs.
Williams,
30-0
Yale vs.
Mass. Inst. Tech.,
68-0
Yale vs.
Stevens,
69-0
Yale vs.
University of Pennsylvania,
50-0
Yale vs.
Crescent A. C,
28-0
Yale vs.
Amherst,
70-0
Yale vs.
Wesleyan,
105-0
Yale vs.
Princeton,
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690-0
The Yale Freshmen were defeated this year by the
Harvard Freshmen, in Cambridge, by a score of 36 to 4.
BASE BALL.
Yale again won the championship in base ball by win-
ning six out of eight championship games, three from
Harvard and three from Princeton.
Stagg and Dann for the third time formed the Yale
battery, and the team was an exceptionally heavy hitting
one, four of the Yale men leading the Association with
batting averages of over .350.
Early in the season the outlook for Yale was dark, the
first game with Princeton having been lost by a close
score, as well as the first game at Cambridge. As Harvard
won all four of her games with Princeton, it was necessary
for Yale to win the last two games with Harvard in order
to save the championship. The third Yale-Harvard game
was played in Cambridge on an intensely hot day, and
Yale led from the start, steadily increasing her score until
the game was won, 8 to o. Only three scattering hits
were made off Stagg, while the Yale team hit Bates for
thirteen base hits with a total of seventeen. The final
game was played in New Haven and was won by Yale,
5 to 3, Harvard's runs being made late in the game. The
APPENDIX. 137
feature of the game was a home-run drive, clear over the
left fielder's head, by McClintock, of Yale.
The championship games played were :
April 28th, Yale vs. Princeton, at Princeton, 5-6
May 5th, Yale vs. Princeton, at New Haven, 10-4
May 19th, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven, 7-1
June 5th, Yale vs. Princeton, at Princeton, 9-1
June 9th, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge, 3-7
June i6th, Yale vs. Princeton, at New Haven, 15-5
June 23d, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge, 8-0
June 26th, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven, 5-3
Other College games played were :
April 25th, Yale vs. Amherst, 7-4
May I2ih, Yale vs. Williams, 6-1
May 15th, Yale vs. Amherst, 5-4
May i6th, Yale vs. Holy Cross, 5-6
May 23d, Yale vs. Columbia, 5-1
May 26th, Yale vs. Princeton (Exhibition), 7-3
May 30th, Yale vs. Columbia, 6-0
June 2d, Yale vs. Williams, 9-4
June 7th, Yale vs. University of Penn., 16-6
The nine was made up of :
A. A. Stagg (Capt.), '88 ; J. C. Dann, '88 S.; H. McBride, '90 S.; G. Cal-
houn, '91 ; C. B. McConkey, '88 ; H. F. Noyes, '89 ; S. J. Walker, '88 ; J. F.
Hunt, L. S.; A. G. McClintock, '90.
The Freshmen series with Harvard resulted in a tie,
Harvard winning the game in Cambridge, 9 to 6, and
Yale turning the tables a week later by winning the game
in New Haven by a score of 8 to 7.
TRACK ATHLETICS.
The Intercollegiate Games were held on the Manhattan
Athletic Club grounds, on Saturday, May 26th. The day
was rainy and the heavy track prevented the breaking of
any records. The two hundred and twenty yards hurdle
race, over 2 ft. 6 in. hurdles, was introduced this year for
the first time.
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APPENDIX.
Harvard won the cup by taking 7 first places and 6
second places ; Yale took 5 first places and 2 seconds ;
University of Pennsylvania 2 firsts and 3 seconds ; Colum-
bia I first and 3 seconds ; and Amherst i second place.
The results of the events were
100 yards,
220 yards,
440 yards,
Half mile run.
One mile run.
One mile walk,
Two mile bicycle,
120 yards hurdle,
220 yards hurdle,
Running high jump,
Running broad jump,
Pole vault.
Putting the shot,
Throwing the hammer,
Tug-of-War,
Winner.
C. H. Sherrill, Y.,
C. H. Sherrill, Y.,
S. G. Wells, H.,
H. R. Miles, H.,
W. Harmar, Y.,
E. C. Wright, H.,
R. H. Davis, H.,
H. Mapes, Col.,
G. S. Mandell, H.,
T. D.Webster, U. of P.
T. G. Shearman, Y.,
T. G. Shearman, Y.,
H. Pennypacker, H.,
A. J. Bowser, U. of P.
Harvard,
lof sec;
22f sec;
52f sec;
2 min. 2^ sec
4min.37f sec
7 min. 29 sec
7 min. 3 sec;
175 sec;
26|- sec;
,5 ft. iii in.;
20 ft. 8 in.;
9 ft. 6 in.;
37 ft.;
, 88 ft. 6i in,;
Second.
E. C. Moen, H.
F. B. Lund, H.
H. M. Banks, Jr., Col.
; G. P. Cogswell, H.
; C. A. Davenport, H.
; O.Chamberlain,U.of P.
; C. B. Keen, U. of P.
H. L. Williams, Y.
H. Mapes, Col.
W. B. Page, U. of P.
H. B. Gibson, H.
S. D. Warriner, Amh.
G. W. WoodrufT, Y.
H. B. Gibson. H.
Columbia.
TENNIS.
The Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament was again held
on the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Club, from the
8th to the nth of October.
The singles were won by P. S. Sears, of Harvard, who
defeated V. G. Hall, of Columbia, in the finals by a score
of 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Second place was won by O. S.
Campbell, of Columbia, who had been beaten by Sears in
a close match in the semi-final round.
The doubles were won by V. G. Hall and O. S. Camp-
bell, of Columbia, who defeated P. S. Sears and Q. A.
Shaw, Jr., of Harvard, in the finals, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 — Sears
and Shaw winning second place. The championship in
Tennis was thus divided between Harvard and Columbia.
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i88g
ROWING.
The Yale and Harvard crews this year averaged pre-
cisely the same both in height and weight, and the race
furnished an additional proof of the excellence of the
" Bob Cook " stroke. Yale's shell moved ahead steadily,
the easy recovery not stopping the boat between strokes ;
while the Harvard crew, rowing a slightly higher stroke,
fell steadily behind after the first half-mile, though the
race was by no means such a procession as that of the
year before.
A week before the Yale-Harvard race, Yale rowed the
University of Pennsylvania a four mile race ; one of the
regular crew (J. A. Hartwell, '89 S.) did not row on
account of a slight illness, his place being filled by a sub-
stitute (A. B. Newell, '90), and Yale won without much
effort, by two lengths, in 23 minutes 50 seconds.
The Yale-Harvard race was rowed on June 28. Owing
to the roughness of the water it was postponed from the
morning until 7 o'clock in the evening when it was rowed
up the river. The crews got off together, Yale rowing
34 to 35 strokes per minute, and Harvard after the first
spurt settling down to 35 to 36, which rates were substan-
tially maintained throughout the race. At the half-mile
flag the crews were even, but from that point on Yale
gained steadily, rowing a long, easy stroke, and crossed
the line in 21 minutes 30 seconds, nearly eight lengths
ahead of Harvard, whose time was 21 minutes 55 seconds.
The crews were made up as follows :
Yale— Bow, C. F. Rogers, '90 S.; 2, C. O. Gill, '89 ; 3, G. S. Brewster, '91 ;
4, J. A. Hartwell, '89 S.; 5, W. H. Corbin, '89 ; 6, G. W. Woodruff (Capt.),
'89 ; 7, P. Allen, '90 S.; Stroke, E. L. Caldwell, T. S.; Cox., R. Thompson,
'90.
Harvard— Bow, G. Perry, '89 ; 2, T. N. Perkins, '91 ; 3, E. C. Storrow
(Capt.), '89 ; 4, J. S. Cranston, '92 ; 5, J. R. Finlay, '91 ; 6, B. T. Tilton, '90 ;
7, J. P. Hutchinson, '90 ; Stroke, R. F. Herrick, '90 ; Cox., J. E. Whitney, '89.
Referee, Robert Cornell, (Columbia).
140 APPENDIX.
Averages of the crews :
Yale : Age, 22 years ; weight, 168 lbs.; height, 5 feet, 10^ inches.
Harvard: Age, 21 years ; weight, 168 lbs.; height, 5 feet, loX inches.
On June 25th the Yale Freshman crew was defeated by
the University of Pennsylvania Freshmen in a two mile
race, by one length, time 10 minutes Sj4 seconds. The
University of Pennsylvania crew was protested before the
race by the Yale boating authorities as being made up
almost exclusively of men in the professional schools ; and
their refusal to agree to any change in the future in this
respect obliged Yale to terminate all racing with the
University of Pennsylvania.
FOOT BALL.
Of the '89 men who had done so much during the last
three years to bring the foot ball championship to Yale,
only one returned to a professional school, and he, as cap-
tain, had a difficult task before him in the development of
new material to fill the old places.
The game changed little in its general character from
the way it had been played in former years, though an
important change which was made in the rules now
allowed tackling as low as the knees, instead of requiring
it to be above the waist. This change resulted in much
sharper, cleaner tackling than had been seen before, and
led to the first beginning of the scientific system of " inter-
ference " to protect a runner, which has since been de-
veloped into so prominent and interesting a part of the
game.
The Harvard-Princeton game was played in Cambridge,
and resulted in the crushing defeat of Harvard by a score
of 41 to 15. Harvard scored fifteen points to ten in the
first half, but in the second half became exhausted and
were scored against by Princeton almost at will. The
game was marked by unusual roughness, and several
Princeton players were disqualified. Harvard protested
several of the Princeton team on the ground of profes-
APPENDIX. 141
sionalism ; and the thorough airing given to their charges
in the press has had a good effect in arousing public atten-
tion to the imperative necessity of maintaining a pure
amateur standard in college athletics. Harvard soon
after this game withdrew from the Intercollegiate Foot
Ball Association, and has not since (up to this time, 1892)
played Princeton in foot ball.
The Yale-Harvard game was played at Springfield, and
was won by Yale, score 6 to o. The only scoring done
during the game was a touchdown (from which a goal
was kicked) for Yale about a minute before the end of the
first half.
The Yale-Princeton game was played at the Berkeley
Oval, New York, on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28th. It
had rained steadily for two days before the game, and the
field was a sea of mud, over which saw-dust had been
sprinkled to give a little footing. During the first half
neither side scored, and Yale had the ball in Princeton's
territory so much that the result seemed doubtful ; but in
the second half Princeton forced the play and scored two
touchdowns, from one of which a goal was kicked, while
the nearest approach to scoring made by Yale was a try
for a goal from the field which struck the cross-bar.
The championship was awarded to Princeton.
The Yale team was made up of :
C. O. Gill (Capt.), T. S.; B. Hanson, '90 ; W. W. Hefflefinger, '91 S.; A. B.
Newell, '90; W. C. Rhodes, '91 ; A. A. Stagg, T. S.; J. A. Hartwell, P. G.;
W. C. Wurtemberg, M. S.; T. L. McClung, '92 ; S. B. Morison, '91 ; H.
McBride, '90 S.
The record of games played is as follows :
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
38- 0
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
63-5
Yale vs. Williams,
36- 0
Yale vs. Cornell,
60- 6
Yale vs. Amherst,
42- 0
Yale vs. Trinity,
64- 0
Yale vs. Columbia,
62- 0
Yale vs. University of Pennsylvania,
22-10
Yale vs. Stevens,
30- 0
Yale vs. Crescent A. C,
18- 0
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APPENDIX.
Yale vs. Cornell,
70- 0
Yale vs. Amherst,
32- 0
Yale vs. Williams.
70- 0
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
52- 0
Yale vs. Harvard,
6- 0
Yale vs. Princeton,
O-IO
665-31
The Yale Freshmen were defeated by the Harvard
Freshmen, in New Haven, by a score of 35 to 12.
BASE BALL.
The nine this year was a strong- one, particularly in
batting, and after losing the first championship game to
Princeton by a score of 14 to 11, went through the season
without another defeat, taking four straight games from
Harvard. The last game with Princeton was probably
the most exciting that had ever been seen on the Yale
Field. Princeton led by a narrow margin all through the
game. Yale was a run behind in the ninth inning. With
two men out, Calhoun came to the bat, and after two
strikes drove the ball along the third base line for three
bases, and came in on a short passed ball. Yale finally
scored the winning run in the eleventh inning.
Yale won the championship, with Princeton second.
The nine was composed of :
H. F. Noyes (Capt.), '89; A. A. Stagg, T. S.; W. F. Poole, Jr., '91 ; H.
McBride, '90 S.; G. Calhoun, '91 ; T. L. McClung, '92 ; W. S. Dalzell, '91 ;
H. W. Cushing, '91 ; N. McClintock, '91.
The championship games were :
May 8th, Yale vs. Princeton, at Princeton, TI-14
May i8th, Yale vs. Princeton, at Princeton, 12- 9
May 22d, Yale vs. Princeton, at New Haven, 13- i
May 25th, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven, 15-3
June 15th, Yale vs. Princeton, at New Haven, 6- 5
June 20th, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge, 5- 4
June 22d, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge, 7- 5
June 25th, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven, 8- 4
APPENDIX. 143
Other college games were :
April gth, Yale vs. Tufts, 9-3
April nth, Yale vs. Trinity, 23-2
April i8th, Yale vs. University of Penn., 9-8
April 20th, Yale vs. University of Penn., 6-5
May nth, Yale vs. Amherst, 4-5
June 4th, Yale vs. University of Penn., 24-0
June 25th, Yale vs. Lafayette, 13-3
The Freshmen series resulted in a tie, the Harvard
Freshmen winning in Cambridge, 13 to 9, and losing the
return game in New Haven, by a score of 27 to o.
TRACK ATHLETICS.
Yale won the Mott Haven Cup this year, by winning
four events and taking second place in five others ; but
this had no effect on the ultimate disposition of the cup,
as Harvard had already won it eight years, a majority of
the fourteen years for which it was originally offered.
The Intercollegiate meeting was held at the Berkeley
Oval, on Saturday, May 25th, and was unusually success-
ful. The events contested were the same as those of the
year before, and ten Intercollegiate records were tied or
broken. C. H. Sherrill, Yale, tied the previous records
of iq|- sec. and 22f sec. in the dashes ; VV. C. Dohm,
Princeton, broke the quarter-mile record, running it in
50 sec; the mile run was lowered to 4 min. 29!^ sec. by
C. O. Wells, Amherst.; T. Mcllvaine, Columbia, lowered
the mile walk to 7 min. 6f sec; H. Mapes, Columbia,
lowered the records in both hurdle races, doing the high
hurdles in i6f sec and the low hurdles in 26f sec; T. G.
Shearman, Yale, raised his own record in the broad jump
to 22 ft. 6 in.; R. G. Leavitt, Harvard, cleared 10 ft. 5|- in.
in the pole vault ; and R. H. Davis, Harvard, rode one of
the heats of the bicycle race in 6 min. |^ sec.
After Yale, with 4 firsts and 5 seconds, came Columbia,
with 4 firsts and 2 seconds ; Harvard, with 2 firsts and 7
seconds ; Princeton, 2 firsts and i second ; University of
Pennsylvania, 2 firsts ; and Amherst, i first.
144 APPENDIX.
The results of the events were :
Winner. Second.
100 yds., C. H. Sherrill, Y., lo^ sec; E. C. Moen, H.
220 yds., C. H. Sherrill, Y., 22f sec; J. P. Lee, H.
440 yds., W. C. Dohm, P., 50 sec; W. C. Downs, H.
Half-mile run, W. C, Downs, H., 2 min. 2|- sec; A. S. Vosburgh, Col.
One mile run, C. O. Wells, Amh., 4 min. 29|^sec; W. Harmar, Y.
One mile walk, T. Mcllvaine, Col., 7 min. 6f sec; J. E. How, H.
Two mile bicycle, F. A. Clark, Y., 6 min. 48^ sec; W. B. Greenleaf, H.
120 yds. hurdle, H. Mapes, Col., i6|^ sec; H. L. Williams, Y.
220 yds. hurdle, H. Mapes, Col., 26f sec; H. L. Williams, Y.
Running high jump, T. D. Webster, U. of P., 5 ft. 6| in.; R. G. Leavitt, H.
Running broad jump, T. G. Shearman, Y., 22 ft. 6 in.; V. Mapes, Col.
Pole vault, R. G. Leavitt, H., 10 ft. 5^ in.; T. G. Shearman, Y.
Putting the shot, H. H. Janeway, P., 36 ft. i^ in.; H. A. Elcock, Y.
Throwing the hammer, A. J. Bowser, U. of P., 89 ft. ^ in.; H. F. Allen, H.
Tug-of-War, Columbia, Princeton.
TENNIS.
The Intercollegiate Tournament was again held on the
grounds of the New Haven Lawn Club, from Oct. 7th to
loth. Nine of the twelve colleges in the Association
sent representatives : Amherst, Brown, Columbia, Cornell,
Harvard, Princeton, Trinity, Williams and Yale. At the
annual* meeting of the Association it was voted to allow
three single entries from each college in the future. An
Intercollegiate Tennis Cup, the money for which had been
raised by subscription among college tennis players, and
members of the New Haven Lawn Club, was offered this
year for the first time. It is to go ultimately to the
college which first wins seven first places in singles or
doubles.
The singles were won by R. P. Huntington, Jr., Yale,
who defeated in the finals G. A. Hurd, Yale, by a score of
9-7, 7-5, 6-1. Second prize in singles was won by F. H.
Hovey, Brown.
The doubles were won by O. S. Campbell and A. E.
Wright, of Columbia, who defeated in the finals R. P.
Huntington, Jr. and J. C. F. Huntington, of Yale, 6-4, 6-8,
7-5, 6-4. The Huntingtons took second place in doubles.
Yale having won the singles and second place in the
doubles was entitled to hold the Intercollegiate Tennis
Cup for the year.
APPENDIX. 145
i8go
ROWING.
This year's crew first showed its mettle when, on May
24th, it met the eight of the Atalanta Boat Club (the
amateur champions of America), and defeated it in a four
mile race on New Haven Harbor by eight lengths in 20
min. 17 sec, rowing the last two miles with only seven
men in the boat, the Yale stroke having broken his oar and
jumped overboard. The excellent time made and the cool
way in which the men kept together after the loss of their
stroke oar gave promise of an exciting race at New Lon-
don, as the Harvard crew was also known to be an excep-
tionally fast one.
The Yale-Harvard race was rowed on June 27th, the
water being fairly good, but the conditions not altogether
favorable for fast time. The crews got off together, Yale
settling down after the first few strokes to the long '* Bob
Cook " swing at a rate which did not vary throughout the
race from 34 to 35 per minute ; while Harvard started at a
40 stroke which was soon lowered to 36. For the first two
miles the race was very close, but from that point on to the
finish Yale drew steadily ahead, crossing the line about 3^^
lengths ahead of Harvard in 21 min. 29 sec. Harvard's
time was 21 min. 40 sec.
The crews were made up as follows :
Yale— Bow, C. F. Rogers, '90 S,; 2, W. A. Simms, '90 S.; 3, G. S. Brewster,
'91 ; 4, J. A. Hartwell, P. G.; 5, A. B. Newell, '90 ; 6, H. T. Ferris, '91 ; 7,
S. B. Ives, '93 ; Stroke, P. Allen (Capt.), '90S.; Cox,, R. Thompson, '90.
Harvard— Bow, G. L. Nelson, Sp.; 2, F. B. Winthrop, '91 ; 3, J. H. God-
dard, '92 ; 4, T. N. Perkins, '91 ; 5, R. D. Upham, '90 ; 6, B. T. Tilton, '90 ;
7, G. H. Kelton, '93 ; Stroke, J. P. Hutchinson (Capt.), '90 ; Cox., H. M.
Battelle, '93.
Referee, Hermann Oelrichs, of New York.
Averages of the crews :
Yale — Age, 20^ )'ears ; weight, 173X ^^s.; height, 6 ft.
Harvard — Age, 22^ years ; weight, 171^^ lbs.; height, 6 ft. ]/% in.
146 APPENDIX.
FOOT BALL.
The outlook at the beginning of this season was anything
but encouraging for Yale. Few of the old players had
returned to college and the new material did not give
much promise. The first game of the season was won
from Wesleyan by the narrow margin of 8 to o, and all
through October the scores showed little improvement.
But after Nov. ist the team began to work well together,
and the untiring efforts of captain and coaches produced
a more scientific system of team play than had yet been
seen. The scores made by Yale rapidly grew larger,
until she defeated the strong team from the University of
Pennsylvania by a score of 60 to o, in a championship
game.
Although Harvard had withdrawn from the Association,
Yale had arranged to play a game with her at Springfield,
on the Saturday before Thanksgiving Day, which was
ooked forward to with great interest.
The Yale team came on the field crippled by the loss of
the regular center-rush and two other players, through ill-
ness or accident, while the strong eleven from Harvard,
which had been admirably trained and coached by its
captain, A. J. Cumnock, were in perfect condition. The
day was cold and the wind high. Yale had the wind in
her favor during the first half, and playing a strong rush-
ing game kept the ball in Harvard's territory almost all
the time, though never nearer than the 15-yard line.
Neither side scored in the first half ; nor in the second,
until after about thirty minutes' play, a long run by a
Harvard half-back resulted in a touch down from which a
goal was kicked. Almost immediately after the ball was
put in play again, the Harvard quarter-back broke through
and intercepting the ball on a pass, ran the length of a
clear field and scored another touch-down, from which a
goal was kicked. Only a few minutes of play remained,
but with the score 12 to o against them, the Yale team
carried the ball by short rushes over the Harvard line.
APPENDIX. 147
scoring a touch-down, from which a difficult goal was
kicked ; and they were again advancing it steadily towards
the Harvard goal when time was called.
The Yale-Princeton game on Thanksgiving Day was a
walk-over for Yale, 16 points to o being scored in each
half. E. A. Poe, the Princeton captain, who had worked
hard to develop a team from new material, played his
usual brilliant game, but the Princeton team as a whole
offered little resistance to the Yale half-backs, protected
by rush-line interference. The day was wet and muddy,
but a large crowd witnessed the game. Princeton began
by rushing the ball to Yale's lo-yard line, but did not
again get it much beyond the middle of the field.
Harvard not being a member of the Intercollegiate
Association, the championship was awarded to Yale, who
had scored 168 to o in the three championship games.
The Yale team was made up of :
W. C. Rhodes (Capt.), '91 ; W. M. Lewis, L. S.; W. W. Hefflefinger, '91 S.;
S. N. Morison, '92 ; A. H. Wallis, '93 ; J. A. Hartwell, M. S.; B. L. Crosby,
'92; F. E. Barbour, '92 S.; T. L. McClung, '92; L. T. Bliss, '93 S.; S. B.
Morison, '91.
The record of games played is as follows :
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
8- 0
Yale vs. Crescent A. C,
18- 6
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
34- 0
Yale vs. Lehigh,
26- 0
Yale vs. Trinity,
40- 0
Yale vs. Orange A. C,
16- 0
Yale vs. Williams,
36- 0
Yale vs. Amherst,
12- 0
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
76- 0
Yale vs. Crescent A. C,
52- 0
Yale vs. Rutgers,
70- 0
Yale vs. University of Pennsylvania,
60- 0
Yale vs. Harvard,
6-12
Yale vs. Princeton,
32- 0
486-18
The Yale Freshmen were defeated by the Harvard
Freshmen, in Cambridge, by a score of 14 to 4.
148 APPENDIX.
BASE BALL.
Harvard this year withdrew from the triangular league
with Yale and Princeton which had existed for three
years. Yale played a separate series with each, and won
each series by taking the odd game.
The games with Princeton were remarkably close and
exciting. Yale won the opening game, in New Haven,
3 to 2, and Princeton the return game, i to o ; the third
game, played in New York resulted in a tie, 8 to 8, (being
stopped by rain) and Yale finally won the deciding game,
played in Brooklyn, by a score of 6 to 5.
The two Yale-Harvard games played in New Haven,
were easy victories for Yale by scores of 8 to o and 7 to i ;
while the two games won by Harvard in Cambridge were
each taken by a single run. In one of them the Yale
box was filled by a substitute pitcher, the regular pitcher
fearing a strain to his arm if he pitched again so soon after
the two hard games with Princeton. Yale won the final
game of the series at Springfield, by a score of 4 to 3.
The Yale nine consisted of :
G. Calhoun, (Capt.). '91 I A. A. Stagg, T. S.; W. F. Poole, Jr., '91 ; H. Mc-
Bride, '90 S.; L. S. Owsley, '92 S.; W. S. Dalzell, '91 ; H. W. Gushing, '91 ;
W. H. Murphy, '93 ; A. G. McClintock, '90.
The record of games played is as follows : Princeton
series.
May 3d, Yale vs. Princeton, at New Haven, 3-2
May 24th, Yale vs. Princeton, at Princeton, o-i
June i6th, Yale vs. Princeton, at New York, 8-8
June i8th, Yale vs. Princeton, at Brooklyn, 6-5
Harvard series.
May 17th, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven, 8-0
May 31st, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge, 8-9
June 2ist, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge, 3-4
June 24th, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven, 7-1
June 28th, Yale vs. Harvard, at Springfield, 4-3
Other College games were :
April 9th, Yale vs. University of Penn., 6-5
April 15th, Yale vs. Holy Cross, 23-0
April 20th, Yale vs. Amherst, 6-8
April 30th, Yale vs. Williams, 5-2
May 7th, Yale vs. Columbia, 12-3
APPENDIX.
May 2 1 St, Yale vs. Brown,
June 7th, Yale vs. Amherst,
June nth, Yale vs. Brown,
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13-1
14-6
8-9
The Yale Freshmen lost both games to the Harvard
Freshmen, being beaten 1 1 to 7 in Cambridge, and 7 to o
in New Haven.
TRACK ATHLETICS.
The old Mott Haven Cup having been won by Harvard,
a new cup was presented to the Association this year by
College graduates. An important change was made by
the Association, in introducing a system of scoring by
points, five points to go to the winner of each event, two
to the second, and one to the third, the college getting the
largest number of points to be held the winner.
The Intercollegiate Games were held at the Berkeley
Oval, May 31st, and resulted in a victory for Harvard,
with Yale a close second. Five records were broken.
Sherrill, Yale, lowered the record in the 220 yards dash
to 22^^ sec; Dohm, Princeton, ran the half-mile in i min. $7-^
sec; Williams, Yale, lowered the 120 yards hurdle, and
Lee, Harvard, the 220 yards hurdle to 16^ sec. and 2^^^
sec respectively ; Ryder, Yale, and Welch, Columbia, tied
in the pole vault at 10 ft. 7 in., an inch and a half better
than the previous record.
The results of the events were :
Winner.
Second.
Third.
100 yds..
Sherrill, Y.,
10-^ sec;
Cary, P.,
Robinson, Y.
220 yds.,
Sherrill, Y.,
22^ sec;
Gary, P.,
Robinson, Y.
440 yds..
Downs, H.,
5of sec;
Roddy, P.,
Stead, H.
Half-mile run,
Dohm, P.,
I min. 5 7^ sec.
; Downs, H.,
Wright, H.
One mile run.
Wells. Amh.,
4min.35f sec.
; Ellsworth, Y.,
White, H.
One mile walk.
Gregg, Amh.,
7 min. ID sec.
; Mcllvaine, Col
. Borcherling, P.
Two mile bicycle.
R. H. Davis, H.
, 6 min. 6| sec.
; Hallock, Amh.,
, P. W. Davis, H.
120 yds. hurdle,
Williams, Y.,
16^ sec;
H. Mapes, Col.
, Fearing, H.
220 yds. hurdle.
Lee, H.,
25i sec;
Williams, Y.,
Fearing, H.
Running high jump.
Green, H.,
5 ft. 81 in.
Lee, H.,
Seigel, C. C. N. Y.
Running broad jump,
Dohm, P.,
Welch, Col.,
Ryder, Y., f
22 ft. 3^ in.
V. Mapes, Col.,
, Williams, Y.
Pole vault,
10 ft. 7 in.
Crane, H.
Putting the shot.
Janeway, P.,
39 ft. li in.
Elcock, Y.,
Allen, H.
Throwing the hammer
, Hinman, Col.,
94 ft. 7 in.
Jefferson, P.,
Detwiller, Lehigh.
Tug-of-War,
Columbia,
Yale,
Swarthmore.
ISO APPENDIX.
Total scores :
Harvard 32 ; Yale 29^ ; Princeton 24 ; Columbia ig^^ ; Amherst 12
Lehigh i ; Swarthmore i ; College of the City of New York i.
TENNIS.
The Intercollegiate Tournament was held in New
Haven on Oct. 6th and the following- days.
The singles were won by F. H. Hovey, Harvard, who
defeated O. S. Campbell, of Columbia, in the finals, 6-2,
3-6» 7-5» 2-6, 6-4. Second place was won by J. Howland,
Yale.
The doubles were also won by Harvard, S. T. Chase
and Q. A. Shaw, Jr., defeating H. Tallant and F. H.
Hovey, in the finals, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. Second place
was won by A. J. Parker and L. R. Parker, of Yale.
i8gi
ROWING.
Yale's succession of victories on the water was broken
this year by the first defeat since 1885. The crew was
composed of two old men and six new ones, and being in
need of good coaching, spent the Easter vacation in Phil-
adelphia under Mr. Cook's charge.
The five-year agreement entered into in 1886 between
the Colleges and the town authorities of New London had
expired, and there was some talk of changing the location
of the race ; but it was decided to renew the old agree-
ment on terms more advantageous to the Colleges.
The Yale-Harvard race was rowed in the morning of
June 26th, on smooth water. The Yale crew was an un-
usually powerful one, but had not thoroughly mastered
the " Bob Cook" Stroke, which has brought so many vie-
APPENDIX. 151
tories on the water to Yale. Instead of a long, steady
sweep at 34, which other Yale crews had used, they started
at a 39 stroke and varied between 35 and 37 throughout
the race. Harvard, as usual, at no time fell below 36.
Harvard gained a slight advantage at the start, which
was increased to three lengths by the time the one-mile
flag was reached, and from that point on had the race well
in hand, crossing the line in 21 min. 23 sec, about ten
lengths ahead of Yale, whose time was 21 min. 57 sec.
Harvard rowed in a cedar shell, while Yale used a paper
boat made by Waters.
The crews were made up as follows :
Yale : Bow, W. A. Simms, M. S. ; 2, A. J. Balliet, '92 ; 3, C. R. Ely, '91 ;
4, R. D. Paine, '94 ; 5, W. W. Hefflefinger, '91 S. ; 6, G. S. Brewster (Capt.),
'91 ; 7, P. Hagerman, L. S. ; Stroke, J. A. Gould, '92 S. ; Cox., H. S. Bowns,
'93.
Harvard : Bow, M. Newell, '94 ; 2, T. N. Perkins (Capt.), '91 ; 3, N. Ran-
toul, '92 ; 4, F. Lynam, M. S. ; 5, C. K. Cummings, '93 ; 6, D. R. Vail, '93 ;
7, G. H. Kelton, '93 ; Stroke, J. C. Powers, '92 ; Cox., H. M. Battelle, '93.
Referee, William Meikleham, of Columbia.
Averages of the crews :
Yale : Age, 21 1^ years ; weight, 173^^ lbs. ; height, 5 feet, 11 }4 inches.
Harvard : Age, 23 years ; weight, I72j^ lbs. ; height, 5 feet, nj4 inches.
On June 24th the Yale Freshmen rowed in a triangular
race against the Harvard and Columbia Freshmen, which
was won by the Columbia Freshmen in 9 min. 41 sec, with
Yale second by four lengths, and Harvard third.
FOOT BALL.
This year was marked by a great advance in the science
of foot ball. Under the excellent coaching of a number
of recent graduates, and especially Mr. W. C. Camp, '80,
the Yale team were able to carry out effectively what had
only been partially attempted before, — the using of the
entire team in carrying out each play. To this mastery of
an elaborate system of '' interference," and the great vari-
ety of plays used, is to be attributed Yale's remarkable
record of thirteen games won without losing a point,
152 APPENDIX.
among them those against the strong and heavy teams of
Harvard and Princeton by scores of lo to o and 19 to o.
The Yale-Harvard game was played in Springfield, on
Nov. 2ist. The day was warm and clear, and at least
20,000 people witnessed the game. Yale started with the
ball, and scored a touch-down within three minutes and
without once losing the ball. Harvard's play throughout
the game was on the defensive, and in the second half Yale
again scored a touch-down, from which a goal was kicked,
making the final score 10 to o.
The Yale-Princeton game was played in New York, on
Thanksgiving Day, before a crowd of 40,000 people. The
day was a wet one, and neither side scored during the
first half ; but Yale opened the second half by carrying the
ball over Princeton's line without once losing possession
of it, and followed this by rolling up a score of nineteen
points to nothing.
A pleasant feature of the play this year was the absence
of unnecessary roughness, not a man being disqualified
or injured in either of the important games.
The Yale team consisted of :
T. L. McClung (Capt.), '92 ; G. F. Sanford, '94 S. ; W. W. Hefflefinger,
P. G. ; S. N. Morison, '92 ; A. H. Wallis, '93 ; W. C. Winter, '93 S. ; J. A.
Hartwell, M. S. ; F. A. Hinkey, '95 ; F. E. Barbour, '92 S. ; L. T. Bliss, '93 S. ;
V. C. McCormick, '93 S.
The record of games played is as follows :
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
28-0
Yale vs. Crescent A. C,
26-0
Yale vs. Trinity,
36-0
Yale vs. Williams,
46-0
Yale vs. Stagg's Team,
28-0
Yale vs. Orange A. C,
36-0
Yale vs. Lehigh,
38-0
Yale vs. Crescent A. C,
70-0
Yale vs. Wesleyan,
76-0
Yale vs. Amherst,
27-0
Yale vs. University of Penns)']vania,
48-0
Yale vs. Harvard,
lO-O
Yale vs. Princeton,
19-0
488-0
APPENDIX. 153
The Yale Freshmen defeated the Harvard Freshmen, in
New Haven, by a score of 24 to o.
In looking back at Yale's foot ball record since the sys-
tem of scoring by points was introduced in 1883, it will be
found that in these nine years Yale has scored 4,660 points
to her opponents' 92. Of the nine games played during
these years with Princeton, Yale has won seven, scoring
94 points to Princeton's 20. Of the seven games played
with Harvard, Yale has won six, scoring 143 points to
Harvard's 26. Yale has not during this time lost a game
to any other College.
BASE BALL.
Owing to the refusal of the Harvard Graduate Advisory
Committee on Athletics to ratify the agreement with Yale
and Princeton entered into by Harvard's representatives,
Yale did not play Harvard this year.
The series with Princeton consisted of three games, of
which Yale won the first, played in New Haven, by a score
of 4 to I, losing the return game, 5 to 3, and the final game,
in New York, by a score of 5 to 2.
The Yale nine consisted of :
G. Calhoun (Capt.), '91 ; H. O. Bowers, '92; W. F. Poole, Jr., '91 ; T. L*
McClung, '92 ; L. T. Bliss, '93 S. ; W. H. Murphy, '93 ; H. W. Gushing, '91 ;
M. H. Beall, '93 S. ; G. B. Case, '94.
The record of games played is as follows : With Prince-
ton,
May 23d, Yale vs. Princeton, at New Haven,
June 6th, Yale vs. Princeton, at Princeton,
June 13th, Yale vs. Princeton, at New York,
Other College games were :
April 14th, Yale vs. Williams,
April 15th, Yale vs. Williams,
April 20th, Yale vs. Columbia,
April 25th, Yale vs. Lehigh,
May 2d, Yale vs. Williams,
May 9th, Yale vs. Brown,
May 13th, Yale vs. Brown,
May 1 8th, Yale vs. Trinity,
May 26th, Yale vs. Univ. of Michigan,
4-
■I
3-
•5
2-
•5
2-
9
6-
4
16-
2
13-
3
13-
0
7-
6
^V
7
7-
14
2-
0
154 APPENDIX.
May 27th, Yale vs. Amherst, 6- 3
May 30th, Yale vs. Univ. of Penn., 6- 2
June 3d, Yale vs. Amherst, 7- i
June 9th, Yale vs. Univ. of Penn., 7-11
June i6th, Yale vs. Univ. of Vermont, 5- 3
June 17th, Yale vs. Brown, 4- 5
June 23d, Yale vs. Univ. of Penn., -S- 5
The Yale Freshmen defeated the Harvard Freshmen in
Cambridge, 16 to 13, but were beaten in New Haven by
a score of 15 to 5.
TRACK ATHLETICS.
Yale and Harvard formed this year an Inter-University
Track Athletic Association to compete for a Cup offered
by graduates of the two Colleges. The object of the As-
sociation was not to take the place of the Intercollegiate
Association, but to develop better teams at Yale and Har-
vard for the Intercollegiate Games, and to stimulate a
wider interest in this branch of athletics. The events
contested were the same as at the Intercollegiate Games,
except that the tug-of-war was dropped.
The Yale-Harvard Games took place in Cambridge, on
May i6th, in a drenching rain storm, which prevented the
breaking of any records except that for throwing the
hammer, in which event Finlay, of Harvard, threw 108 ft.
5 in. The games resulted in an easy victory for Harvard,
who scored 85 points to Yale's 27 points. Yale suffered
severely from the loss of C. H. Sherrill, who was expected
to take the dashes, having won both events for the last
three years at the Intercollegiate Games, but who strained
a tendon in the first event.
The Intercollegiate Games were held at the Berkeley
Oval, in New York, on May 30th, and resulted in an easy
victory for Harvard. The meeting was a remarkably
successful one, ten Intercollegiate records being broken.
Cary, Princeton, lowered the records in the dashes to 10
sec. and 2 if sec. ; Shattuck, Amherst, lowered the quarter-
mile record to 49}^ sec. ; CoUis, Columbia, walked a mile
in 7 min. 5f sec. ; Williams, Yale, lowered the records in
the two hurdle races to 15^ sec. (a world's record) and
APPENDIX.
155
251^ sec. ; Fearing, Harvard, cleared 6 ft. in the high jump,
and V. Mapes, Columbia, 22 ft. iij^ in. in the broad jump;
Ryder, Yale, raised the record in the pole vault to 10 ft.
9^ in. ; and Finlay, Harvard, threw the hammer 107 ft.
7y2 in.
The results of the events in the Yale-Harvard Games
were :
100 yds.,
220 yds.,
440 yds.,
Half-mile run.
One mile run,
One mile walk,
Two mile bicycle,
120 yds. hurdle,
220 yds. hurdle.
Running high jump, \
Running broad jump,
Pole vault, \
Putting the shot,
Throwing the hammer,
Winner.
Hawes, H., lof sec.
Cook, H., 22f sec.
Wright, H., 52 sec.
White, H., 2 min. if sec.
Nichols, H., 4 min. 35I sec.
Hale, H., 7 min. I4f sec.
Taylor, H., 6 min. 14 sec.
Williams, Y., 16 sec.
Lee, H., 25^ sec.
^™|H.,5f..8iin.
Williams, Y., 21 ft. i in.
Briggs and Cartwright, Y., and
Sherwin and Wheelwright, H.,
Finlay, H., 40 ft.
Finlay, H,, 108 ft. 5 in.
Second.
Sherrill, Y.
Hawes, H.
Mullins, H.
Wright, Y.
Ellsworth, Y.
Endicott, H.
Davis, H.
Fearing, H.
Fearing, H.
Bloss, H.
K tied at 9 ft. 6 in
Elcock, Y.
Evins, H.
Third.
Lasell, Y.
Thompson, H.
Jones, Y.
Batchelder, H.
Carr, H.
Brackett, H.
Hawes, H.
Van Ingen, Y.
Williams, Y.
Cheney, H.
Hale, H.
Evins, H.
Elcock, Y.
Harvard — ii^ firsts, 9^ seconds, %\ thirds = 85 points.
Yale — 2\ firsts, 4i seconds, si thirds = 27 points.
The results in the Intercollegiate Games were as follows :
100 yds.,
220 yds.,
440 yds.,
Half-mile run,
One mile run.
One mile walk.
Two mile bicycle,
120 yds. hurdle,
220 yds. hurdle.
Running high jump,
Running broad jump,
Pole vault.
Putting the shot.
Throwing the hammer,
Tug-of-War,
Winner.
Cary, P., 10 sec.
Cary, P., 2i| sec.
Shattuck, Amh., 49^ sec.
Wright, Y., I min. 59^ sec.
Carr, H., 4 min. 34! sec.
CoUis, Col., 7 min. sf sec.
Taylor, H., 6 min. isf sec.
Williams, Y., isf sec.
Williams, Y., 25^ sec.
Fearing, H., 6 ft.
V. Mapes, Col., 22 ft. iij^ in.
Ryder, Y., 10 ft. 9I in.
Finlay, H., 39 ft. 6f in.
Finlay, H., 107 ft. 7i in.
Columbia,
Second.
Vredenburgh, P.
Lee, H.
Stead, H.
Turner, P.
Woodbridge, P.
Ottley, P.
Pratt, H.
H. Mapes, Col.
Fearing, H.
Sherwin, H.
Hale, H.
Sherwin, H.
Elcock, Y.
Evins, H.
Yale,
Third.
Swain, P.
Vredenburgh, P.
Langdon, Col.
Vosburgh, Col.
Lowell, H.
Endicott, H.
Davis, H.
Lyman, Y.
Horton, Cornell
Green, H.
Green, H.
Temple, Swarthm.
Alexander, Amh.
Jefferson, P.
Princeton.
Points scored : Harvard, 46
Swarthmore, i ; Cornell, i.
Yale, 25 ; Princeton, 22 ; Columbia, 19 ; Amherst, 6
156 APPENDIX.
TENNIS.
The Intercollegiate Tournament was held in New
Haven, on Oct. 13th and the following days. Harvard
won first place both in Singles and Doubles.
F. H. Hovey, Harvard, defeated C. T. Lee, of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, in the finals of the Singles by a
score of 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. Lee took second place.
In Doubles, Hovey and Wrenn, of Harvard, defeated
in the finals, Lee and Wilson, of the University of Penn-
sylvania, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. Second place was taken by L. R.
Parker and J. Howland, of Yale.
i8g2
ROWING.
The year opened with discouraging prospects for Yale.
Only two members of the '91 crew were in college, while
Harvard's victorious eight all returned (though only six
old men finally rowed in the '92 boat). But the untiring
efforts of the Yale captain, combined with plenty of good
coaching by Mr. R. J. Cook and other graduates, pro-
duced a crew which rowed so perfectly together, and had
so thoroughly mastered the " Bob Cook " stroke, that it
crossed the line in exceptionally fast time a good sixteen
lengths ahead of Harvard's veteran eight.
The race was rowed on the afternoon of July ist, with
conditions favorable for fast time. Harvard caught the
water first, but was soon passed by Yale, who led at the
half-mile flag by two lengths, and at the mile by four
lengths. From this point on, the race was a procession,
Yale'rowing 34 to 35 strokes per minute, and Harvard 36
to 37. The Yale shell crossed the line in 20 min. 48 sec,
the fastest time made since the record crew of '88. Har-
vard's time was 21 min. 425^ sec.
APPENDIX. 157
The crews were made up as follows :
Yale— Bow, F. A. Johnson, '94 S.; 2, A. J. Balliet, '92 ; 3, A. L. Van
Huyck, '93 S.; 4, R. D. Paine, '94 ; 5, A. B. Graves, '92 S.; 6, J. A. Hartwell
(Capt.), M. S.; 7, S. B. Ives, '93 ; Stroke, E. F. Gallaudet, '93 ; Cox., F. E.
Olmstead, '94 S.
Harvard — Bow, M. Newell, '94 ; 2, N. Rantoul, '92 ; 3, B. G. Waters, '94 ;
4, R. Acton, M. S.; 5, C. K. Cummings, '93 ; 6, F. B. Winthrop, L. S.; 7, G.
H. Kelton (Capt.), '93 ; Stroke, F. Lynam, M, S.; Cox., V. Thomas, '95.
Referee — George L. Rives (Columbia) and Cambridge, Eng.
Averages of the crews :
Yale — Age, 22 j^ years ; weight, 169 lbs.; height, 5 ft. 10^ in.
Harvard — Age, 23^^ years ; weight, 177)^ lbs.; height, 5 ft. 11^ in.
On the morning of July ist the Yale Freshman crew
defeated the Harvard and Columbia Freshmen, rowing the
two miles in a heavy rain in 12 min. 3 sec, and finishing
five lengths ahead of Columbia, who led Harvard by two
lengths.
In comparing the statistics of the crews of the last five
years with those of the twelve preceding years, since the
series of four-mile races between Yale and Harvard was
started, it appears that the Yale crews have averaged five
months less in age, 2]^ lbs. more in weight, and yi in.
more in height ; while the Harvard crews have averaged
eight months older, nearly 4 lbs. heavier, and ly^ i^^- taller.
The times made in the last five races average over a
minute and a half faster than in the preceding twelve.
Yale has now won ten out of the seventeen races of the
series.
BASE BALL.
Yale played separate series with Harvard and Prince-
ton this year. The Princeton series consisted of three
games, the first two of which Yale won by scores of i to o
(in New Haven) and 3 to i (in Princeton) ; the third game
was entirely lacking in interest, the series having been
already won by Yale, and Princeton defeated Yale in a
poorly played game, by a score of 12 to 2.
In the series with Harvard no result w^as reached, as
Yale and Harvard each won one game, and the date for a
third game could not be agreed upon.
158 APPENDIX.
The Yale nine consisted of :
W. H. Murphy (Capt.), '93 ; H. O. Bowers, '92 ; W. F. Carter, '95 ; H. T.
Jackson, '92 S.; W. Norton, L. S.; A. F. Harvey, '93 ; L. T. Bliss, '93 S.;
M. H. Beall. '93 S.; G. B. Case, '94.
The record of games played is as follows : with Har-
vard,
June 23d, Yale vs. Harvard, at Cambridge, 0-5
June 28th, Yale vs. Harvard, at New Haven, 4-3
With Princeton,
May 23d, Yale vs. Princeton, at New Haven, i- o
June nth, Yale vs. Princeton, at Princeton, 3- i
June i8th, Yale vs. Princeton, at New York, 2-12
Other College games were :
April I2th, Yale vs. Williams, 17- 3
April 14th, Yale vs. Fordham, 8- 5
April i6th, Yale vs. University of Penn., 2- 6
April i8th, Yale vs. University of Penn., 6- 4
April 30th, Yale vs. Williams, 9- 8
May 2d, Yale vs. Brown, 2- o
May 4th, Yale vs. Holy Cross, 6-1 1
May 5th, Yale vs. Cornell, 5- i
May 7th, Yale vs. Amherst, 8-12
May 9th, Yale vs. Holy Cross, 6- 7
May 14th, Yale vs. Amherst, 9- 4
May i6th, Yale vs. Brown, 2- 7
May 26th, Yale vs. University of Michigan, 2- 3
June 4th, Yale vs. Wesleyan, 9- o
June 6th, Yale vs. University of Penn., 5- i
The Yale Freshmen defeated the Harvard Freshmen in
Cambridge, 13 to 2, but lost the return game, in New
Haven, 9 to 10.
TRACK ATHLETICS.
The Yale-Harvard Games were held in New Haven, on
May 20th. The day was cold and disagreeable, and the
heavy track prevented any remarkable performances.
Harvard won by a score of 61 points to 51.
The Intercollegiate Games were held on Manhattan
Field, New York, on May 28th. Though the perform-
ances were uniformly good, the long and tedious delays
took away from the interest of the games. The tug-of-
war was dropped from the list of events. Borcherling,
APPENDIX.
159
Princeton, lowered the record in the mile walk to 6 min.
52f sec; and Fearing, Harvard, cleared 6 ft. J^ in. in the
high jump. Kitchell, of Yale, established a new Yale
record in this event by clearing 5 ft. 10 in. Harvard won
the cup with a total of 48^ points, Yale coming second
with 38 points.
The results of the events in the Yale-Harvard Games
were :
100 yds.,
220 yds.,
440 yds.,
Half-mile run.
One mile run,
One mile walk,
Winner.
Swayne, Y., lo^ sec;
Swayne, Y., 22f sec;
Sanford, Y., 52! sec;
Corbin, H., 2 min. i:^ sec;
Lowell, H., 4 min. 37 sec;
Bardeen, H., ) (dead heat)
Endicott, H., ) 7 min. 4i|- sec;
P. Davis, H., 6 min. 5^ sec;
Lyman, Y., i6f sec;
Fearing, H., 25! sec;
Fearing, H., 5 ft. iif in.;
Shead, H., 21 ft. 3! in.;
Cartwright, Y., 10 ft.;
Lyman, Y., 38 ft. 3f in.;
100 ft. 8i- in.;
Second.
Allen, Y.,
Allen, Y.,
Pinkham, H.,
Wright, Y.,
Collamore, H.
Two mile bicycle, P. Davis, H., 6 min. 5^ sec; Wade, Y.,
120 yds. hurdle, Lyman, Y., i6f sec; Fearing, H.,
220 yds. hurdle, Fearing, H., 25! sec; Eaton, Y.,
Running high jump. Fearing, H., 5 ft. iif in.; Green, H.,
Running broad jump, Shead, H., 21 ft. 3f in.; Green, H.,
Pole vault, Cartwright, Y., 10 ft.; Hart, Y.,
Putting the shot, Lyman, Y., 38 ft. 3f in.; Evins, H.,
Throwing the hammer, Stillman, Y., 100 ft. 8|- in.; Evins, H.,
Harvard — 7 firsts, 8 seconds, 10 thirds = 61 points.
Yale — 7 firsts, 6 seconds, 4 thirds = 51 points.
Third.
Brown, H.
Thompson, H.
Wright, H.
Batchelder, H.
Scoville, Y.
Norton. H.
R. H. Davis, H.
Shead, H.
Duane, H.
Sherwin, H.
Goss, Y.
Wheelwright, H.
Stillman, Y.
Coxe, Y.
The results of the eventsin the Intercollegiate Games were
100 yds.,
220 yds.,
440 yds..
Half-mile run,
One mile run,
One mile walk.
Two mile bicycle,
120 yds. hurdle,
220 yds. hurdle.
Running high jump.
Running broad jump,
Pole vault,
Winner. Second.
Swayne, Y., 10^ sec; Allen, Y.,
Swayne, Y., 22 sec; Allen, Y.,
Wright, H., 50I sec; Merrill, H.,
Turner, P., i min. 59! sec. Corbin, H.,
Lowell, H., 4 min. 33! sec; Carr, H,,
Borcherling, P., 6 min. 52^ sec; Collis, Col.,
Fox, Y., 6 min. lof sec; Brewster, Y.,
Harding, Col., 16 sec; Lyman, Y.,
Fearing, H., 25I sec; Harding, Col.
Fearing, H., 6 ft. ^ in.; Green, H.,
Bloss, H., 22 ft. i^ in.; Ramsdell, P.,
Cartwright, Y., 10 ft. si in.; Hart, Y.,
N. Y.
Putting the shot, Evins, H., 39 ft. 9 in.; Lyman, Y.,
Throwing the hammer, Evins, H., 104 ft. f in.; Stillman, Y.,
Points scored : Harvard, 48! ; Yale, 38 ; Princeton, 14 ; Columbia,
City of New York, i ; Williams, ^.
Third.
Craft, C. C.
Brown, H.
Sanford, Y.
Wright, Y.
Collamore, H.
Bardeen, H.
Knapp, Col.
Fearing, H.
Eaton, Y.
Kitchell, Y.
Green, H.
Towne, Williams.
Wheelwright, H.
Sherwin, H.
Beveridge, P.
Wheeler, P.
10 ; College of the
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APPENDIX.
TABLE OF CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1888-1892.
Rowing.
Foot Ball.
Base Ball.
Track Athletics.
Tennis.
1888
Yale.
Yale.
Yale.
Harvard.
j Columbia,
t Harvard.
1889
Yale.
Princeton.
Yale.
Yale.
Yale.
1890
Yale.
Yale.*
Yale.
Harvard.
Harvard.
I89I
Harvard.
Yale.
Princeton.
Harvard.
Harvard.
1892
Yale.
Harvard.
* Harvard, who was not a member of the Foot Ball Association, defeated
Yale 12-6.
Summary, /<?7^/<?9^— Rowing: Yale, lO; Harvard, 7. Foot Ball : Yale,
7 ; Princeton, 3 ; Harvard (virtually, 1890), i. Base Ball : Yale, 10 ; Har-
vard, I ; Princeton, i. Track Athletics : Yale, 2 ; Harvard, 11 ; Columbia,
3 ; Princeton, i. Tennis: Yale, 4 ; Harvard, 5 ; Columbia, i ; Trinity, i.
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