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You shall play them , and on their grounds if you wish . But , mind you , no neglecting lessons for the sake of practicing between now and Thanksgiving ! '' The pupils promised to neglect nothing , and went off with a hurrah . Soon Peleg Snuggers was on his way to the rival academy with the following answer to the challenge : `` PUTNAM HALL , November 19 , 189 - `` Pornell Football Team : We hereby accept your challenge to play a game of football for the championship of the township on Thanksgiving afternoon next at two o'clock . As you have a grandstand we will play on your grounds . In return for the use of half of your stand on this occasion the senior class of our academy will put up a silver cup as a trophy , said trophy to go to the club winning the game , and to belong to that club which shall during matches to be arranged in the future win the cup three times . `` THE PUTNAM HALL FOOTBALL TEAM , `` Per Fred Harrison , Secy and Treas. '' Dick had suggested giving the cup , and all of the senior class `` chipped in '' willingly , raising ten dollars , with which a very neat trophy was secured through a pupil whose father was a silversmith in New York .