1888 Chicago Harvard Prep School football team

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1888 Harvard Preparatory School of Chicago football
Illinois Champion (Chicago Tribune)
Record6–1 [1] ( )
Head coach
  • R. Jocklyn, George Hamlin [2]
CaptainBert Hamlin
Home stadiumWanderer's Athletic Club grounds
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The 1888 Harvard Prep School football team of Chicago represented Harvard School of Chicago during the 1888 college football season. In (at least) their 3rd year fielding a football team (as the school played Michigan in 1887, losing 0-26, and Northwestern in 1886, winning 32-4), the Harvard's as they were called, compiled a 6–1 record (according to one unverified source). [1] They also had a Junior (JV) team, who reportedly won the Junior Championship of Illinois, although this was just a claim, and not an official title or award. The team played at the Wanderer's Athletic Club cricket grounds, on 37th Street and Indiana Avenue. They would play two collegiate teams during the football season, defeating Lake Forest 22 to 4 (or 22–6), and losing to Notre Dame 20 to 0, which would become the University's first victory in a football game. [3]

Contents

Schedules

Varsity team

DateTimeOpponentSiteResult
October 17Hyde Park HS [4]
W 32–0
October 203:20 pmWest Division HS (Chicago) [5] [6] Wanderer's Athletic Club cricket grounds W 78–0 [7] [8]
October 27 Cook County Normal School W unk.
November 172:30 pm Lake Forest [9] [10] [11]
  • Wanderer's cricket grounds
  • Chicago, IL
W 22–4 or 22–6
November 24Chicago University Club graduates [12] [13]
  • Chicago ball park
  • Chicago, IL
W unk.
December 6 Notre Dame South Bend, IL L 0–20 [14]
December 15Evanston Athletic Club [15] Evanston, IL W unk.

Junior team

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 3"The Chamberlins" [16]
  • Wanderer's Athletic Club cricket grounds
  • Chicago, IL
W 8–6
November 18Hyde Park HS [11] Chicago, ILW Forfeit
November 29Hyde Park HS [17] Chicago, ILUnknown

Practice games

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 21Chicago University Club GraduatesChicago, ILW 12–0

Notes: The Thanksgiving Day game with Hyde Park and the October 27th contest against the Chicago Normal School may not have occurred. It is likely that the games against Chicago Normal school, Evanston Athletic Club, and Harvard-Yale Graduates, were wins for the Harvards, given the record discovered by historian Robert Pruter, but his research on the team already had one known inaccuracy, announcing Harvard Prep School as "Cook County League Champions", although the Cook County League would not be formed until 1889, and would not include Harvard Prep. Both Harvard Prep's 1st and Junior teams claimed the Illinois or junior championship at certain points in the season, but these claims are not substantial, or backed up by any sources. An article in the South Bend Tribune on December 6, 1888, corroborates that Harvard Prep had not lost a contest prior to playing Notre Dame. [18]

Roster

1st Team

Junior Team

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References

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  2. ↑ "George Hamlin Harvard School football manager". The Inter Ocean. November 18, 1888. p. 12. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Notre Dame's First Win // Moments // 125 Football // University of Notre Dame". 125.nd.edu. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Foot-Ball at Jackson Park". Chicago Tribune. October 18, 1888. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Clipped From The Inter Ocean". The Inter Ocean. October 18, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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  7. ↑ "Harvard defeats West Division HS (Bottom left, top right)". The Inter Ocean. October 21, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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  9. ↑ "1888 Schedule/Results". Lake Forest College Athletics. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Harvard school vs Lake Forest". The Inter Ocean. November 17, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Harvard School and Harvard Junior football games". The Inter Ocean. November 18, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Graduates Football match". The Inter Ocean. November 24, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  13. ↑ "HARVARD YALE GRADUATES". Chicago Tribune. November 24, 1888. p. 8. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Notre Dame's first win". Chicago Tribune. December 7, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Harvard School vs Evanston AC". The Inter Ocean. December 15, 1888. p. 2. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  16. ↑ "SPORTING NOTES". The Inter Ocean. November 4, 1888. p. 7. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Hyde Park Thanksgiving 1888". The Inter Ocean. November 20, 1888. p. 3. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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