Here is one that just sneaks into 19th Century: A Princeton/Yale ball from the June 17, 1899 game between the two schools. Princeton won 11-4.
The front of the ball with the score looks great, whereas the side with the date and location is not as clear.
You will notice that "New York" is the location for this game. Yale and Princeton played one another 3 times each year. One game at each school, and the third at a neutral site in New York. I'm still not sure exactly which field in NY that they played at.
Included in the third picture is an order form for Yale undergraduate students to purchase tickets for the June 3, 1899 home game against Princeton. Yale won that game 8-0. On June 10, 1899, Princeton won their home game 6-2. And as you can see on the trophy ball, Princeton won 11-4 in the NY game, and what was their season finale.
Princeton went 18-9 in 1899, including two wins against Harvard. Interestingly enough, 3 of Princeton's losses came at the hands of Georgetown that year. Yale went 19-12 in 1899.
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