scrimmage

Another Bain/LOC photo of the Harvard football scrimmage -- this one dated 9/26/12:

New York Times story, September 15, 1912: "Harvard's Football Outlook Promising"------- query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E07E3DC1F3CE6... New York Times Article, September 17, 1912: "Harvard on Gridiron" ----- query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9900EED7123CE6... New York Times Article, September 18, 1912: "More Men For Harvard" ----- query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0CE2D81630E2... New York Times story, September 19, 1912: "Harvard Quarter Back Find" ----- query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C02E6D6123CE6... New York Times story, September 20, 1912: "Harvard Squads to be Selected To-Day"----- query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9807EFD81630E2...

Another Bain/LOC photo of the Harvard scrimmage from 9/26/1912 -- but the photo bears no date:

Push Ball: www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/traditions/pushball...

This photo is taken looking to the northeast; the building with the columns in the center distance is Hamilton Hall, but it's difficult to tell from this perspective whether the push ball is happening on what is now the south lawn, or whether they're actually on the old South Field (now Butler Library).

I seem to recall playing a similar game in prep-school, probably in the early '80's or very late '70's. Thought it was something from the '60's but perhaps that was wrong :) And of course, now "earthball" comes to mind.

More Bain/LOC photos of start-of-term student class rivalry hijinks at Columbia University:

Photo posted on Corbis shows the 1910 Columbia University Pushball contest: www.corbisimages.com/Search#p=1&s=25&sort=0&q...