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Students ran around a wet, muddy field attempting to keep a giant ball from touching the ground in this popular interclass competition, held on the morning of Homecoming throughout the 1910s.

What game was it?

Answer: Pushball

It was canceled after a few years when the administration deemed it too dangerous.

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