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A History Of Yale Athletics!

1840 - 1888

GIVING EVERY CONTEST WITH
HARVARD, PRINCETON, PENNSYLVANIA,
COLUMBIA, WESLEYAN,

AND OTHERS IN

Rowing, Foot Ball, Base Ball,
Track Athletics And Tennis

By
RICHARD M. HURD, Yale, 1888. (169 pages)

For anyone that is interested in the sporting history of the most famous American Universities this book would be an excellent addition to their collection. It states all of the results, participants, statistics, times and much more over 48 years!

Rowing

"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 indulged in friendly " scrub races," and took many long pulls, the longest being across the Sound."

Foot Ball

"From time immemorial foot ball has been a favorite game at Yale. In the earliest prints of the college buildings 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 scrimmage, 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."

Base Ball

"Base ball was first played at Yale in 1859, at 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 1860—but in the fall of '65 the Y. U. B. B. C. was organized, with J. Coffin, '68, as President. A University nine was picked from the class nines to meet a challenge from the Agallian Club of Wesleyan University."

Track Athletics

"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."

Tennis

"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 constitution, 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 tournament be held on the 9th of October, 1883, at Hartford, Conn."

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