The slight accident which occurred during the last game between the junior and sophomore elevens has furnished material to one of the Boston papers for drawing a most startling picture of "deadly foot-ball" at Harvard. The scene as represented is very realistic, and exhibits evident talent of a high order in the writer. But notwithstanding the highly readable character of the article, we fear that its author drew largely from a heated immagination in its preparation. We are sorry to hear that such "rivalry and ill-feeling" exists between the junior and sophomore classes. But we fear that the too facile pen of the writer became slightly inebriated. For the accident, which, of course follows at this point, takes on quite a terrific air. Medical authorities are brought on the scene, and we are informed as a climax that one of the injured players was "probably fatally injured." Such rhetorical efforts as this, savor over much of the morbid, and we trust that the writer of the glaring account, will, in the future, curb his imaginative enthusiasm and adopt a little less of the conventional dime novel style.
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