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T h e University Journal
W A SH IN G TON , D. C . , 'D E C EM B E R i, 1903.
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FOOT BALL AT HOWARD.
C A P T A I N S C O M M E N T ON G AM E S .
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History of the Teams of 1893-4.
BV CA PT AIN KI.M KR C. CAM PB E LL .
Th e team of ’94 was a good one, averaging about
tOo lbs. It was composed o f good players, but it did not
work so well together as did the team o f '93, which was
It is unnecessary for me here to speak of the advan- co‘iched by Pro!. Charles Cook.
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tages of foot-ball; the educational value of the training;
tunl'"f> out a fast and unit-working eleven. 1 have
the suppression o f self to the good o f the greater number; I)learc^with pleasure ol Howard s victories on the grid-
for these arc points which are being constantly emphasis- *rou’ ai:t^ ^ hope that 1903 will gieatly increase that num-
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Th e game meets with constant criticism
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its danger to life and limb. This, however, has been
greatly exaggerated. Prof. Dexter o f Illinois Univers..;-
'. "s collected statistics from over two hundred colleges of
tht country which prove foot ball not to be so dangerous
a g ime its it appears to be. It must be borne in mind VV 'iu e
that a person poorly trained and weak physically has no IAvaut...
busi ness in the game. Eliminate unfair and unnecessary Lewis...
rough tactics from the game, and allow only those to plnv Ray field
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who are fit, and the injuries will be comparatively few. lin-uei
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It was mv honor to be captain of Howard's foot-bal* ,,
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yam in 1893 and 1894. We were just learning foot ball 1vv. Jone
ten, and felt that we had one of the greatest teams in 1Cook
«ie country. In '93, we defeated all the local teams, and
team at Annapolis, Md. On Thanksgiving day of the
same year we had the first game on the campus to which
. admission was charged.
We then defeated a combined t Illai
j team of High School and Y . M. C. A. players, by a score
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i ceipts were a handsome sum for the Athletic Association.
After defeating the local teams again in ’95 and af-
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.. ..L . T . . . . . . . ..........................Nelson
. . . L. E .............. ............................Bi ewer
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Jacks-.niL. E ................... ........................ Crocker
succeeded in arranging a game with Lincoln University,
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W e th o u g h t our team in v in c ib le ; and it w a s th is o v e r- P- Avaut ........................
confidence, prehaps, that cost us that game.
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played about the 20th o f December.
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down in the first half, but failed to kick goal ; Lincoln ;Wliipper j .............................. ........................................... jouuson
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made a touchdown near the close of the second, and kick-
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[We regret very much that we are unahlc, at present, to
ed g o a l; thus d e ie a tin g us b y tw o p o in ts, as th e sco re w a s g jvl. -m account of the teams for the years of 1S95-96. Mr. I). O
coun ted th e n , n e ith e r sid e s co rin g a fte r th a t.
I t w a s W. Holmes and Dr. R. Jones who weie captains during that time
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g e n e ra lly co n ce d e d th a t w e out p la y e d L in c o ln .
T h e jare unable to give the necessary information. Having had since
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d e fe a t ca u sed a glo om at H ow a rd w h ich la sted for a lo n g lhcu- so
>alllcs “ I»'« »«“ •*Bndiron. Mr. Holmes claim s to
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. _ be utterly unable to distinguish between them.
tune. Betting was never tolerated at the University; but
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We shall, however, use every endeavor to ascertain the his-
^ it w as n o ticed th a t m on ey w as u n u su a lly sca rce am on g tory o f those two teams and if successful we shall be very much
students a lte r th a t g am e .
' pleased to give it over to our readers at a later date.— IC
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