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Remembering the Lost 1893 West Point Night Game at the Chicago World's Fair
We recount the remarkable 1893 contest between the United States Military Academy and the Chicago Athletic Club, an early and consequential night and indoor football game staged amid the illuminations of the Columbian Exposition. I explain that West Point cadets encamped on the fairgrounds for weeks and that the match was played in the stock pavilion beneath electric lights, rendering it one of the earliest documented contests conducted under artificial illumination. We describe how the Chicago Athletic Club, composed largely of accomplished former college players, prevailed, and how Coach…
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