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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard will play Pennsylvania on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. This will be the first of Harvard's two important games of the season, and it promises to be the hardest one that has yet been played. The outcome is generally conceded to be a victory for Harvard, but the score will be closer than seemed probable about two weeks ago. At that time Pennsylvania was slumping as never before, but since then the team has shown remarkable improvement under graduate coaching. Today, it will play a very strong game, the strongest game, in fact, which...
With the prestige of a victorious season behind them and with the confidence of more successes to come, thirty-five men reported for the first practice on Monday, September 18. The old players to return, in addition to Captain Burden, were Boal, Hallowell, Daly and Warren, and later Eaton, Swain, Burnett and Donald. With this nucleus of old players has been built up a Harvard eleven which today stands stronger than last year's at the same date, and which conservative experts have declared to be the strongest eleven that has ever represented the University. The slump that came last...
Present indications are that today's game with the Carlisle Indians will be one of the hardest of Harvard's season. Every year the Indians have made an up-hill fight against adverse conditions, but this year they have grasped the finer points of football and are particularly strong. No defense, however, that they can employ should prevent Harvard from scoring, for reliance can be placed not only upon the end interference, but also upon the plays through the line, especially with Kendall and Ellis playing. With his long punts, Hallowell should equal Hudson in kicking. Skilful as the latter...
...Freshman eleven is rather backward for this time of the year. This is partially explained by the unusually long season, the last game coming on November 25, so that the men are still at work on elementary football. They have some very good material, however, and a good chance of developing a fast eleven, although heavy men are lacking...
...first eleven's twenty-five yard line. The guards-back plays worked well, and the 'Varsity was unable to prevent Lee and Rainsford from gaining their distance. Ground given for offside play brought the ball near the line, and the second carried it over for the first time this season...