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...passing of which they are perfect exponents. They spent a good part of the afternoon teaching the second team how to play their style of game. Combined with eight Team B men they formed a regular Canadian team of 14 men, nine in the line, and five in the backfield. Their attack as shown yesterday is very shifty, wide open, full of passes and kicks, with a minimum amount of tackling, and an extensive repertoire of plays, consisting of 20 various formations. The Canadians will coach the University team in this style of play throughout the week...
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...double and triple passes that completely baffled the Western team. Notre Dame resorted to continual forward passing, but the Yale men had been taught a destructive defense for this open style of play and intercepted nearly all of the loser's attempts. Legore, Knowles, Ainsworth, and Wilson, the regular backfield men, played brilliant football individually and collectively. Saturday's game has instilled in the undergraduate body a lot of confidence in Coach Hinkey's methods...
...University football team won an uphill game from Tufts on Saturday by the score of 13 to 6. The line was seriously weakened by the absence of Pennock; and in the backfield Bradlee was the only regular. Tufts, on the other hand, showed unexpected strength at straight football, and presented stubborn oposition to Harvard's attack...
...playing of Trumbull, Bradlee, Rollins, and Wallace stood out noticeably for the University. After Trumbull was taken out with a cut over his eye, the team weakened perceptably; and Bradlee was invaluable in the backfield. Both Rollins and Wallace played remarkable defensive games...