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...outside of tackle or around the end but weak for line plunging. The strength of the Yale shift is dependent upon the speed of the linemen in getting to the line of scrimmage and upon the variety of formations which can be used in shifting the line. The Yale backfield gets around the runner in good style and puts the defensive linemen out of play much better and surer than do the Harvard backs...
...running game I consider Harvard much stronger from tackle to tackle in rushing the ball, while Yale is correspondingly better in plays outside of tackle and around the ends. Camp, of Yale, should outkick any man Harvard has, while the Harvard backs can catch punts better than the Yale backfield men. This is Yale's greatest weakness, the handling of punts by the backfield, and unless remedied will prove fatal next Saturday as it did today, for the Harvard ends follow the ball well...
...yards by rushing. Yale showed a fairly well developed offence considering the terrible condition of the field, but its gains in this way were offset by Howe's and Camp's fumbling of kicks. Four times in the last period De Witt's kicks were dropped by the Yale backfield, and fallen on by White, thus giving Princeton, who was slowly being driven back, a new lease of life...
...ball, his generalship and drop-kicking were poor. He came up to expectations only in open field running. Camp continued his fine offensive work for Yale, with Howe, making most of the gains. In the line the work of the Yale ends was conspicuous. Although the Princeton backfield gave them no chance to recover punts as White did, they stopped all attempts at end running, and were down the field like a flash on every kick...
...campaign that has been consistently followed. With the necessity of developing new material to replace the players who were out of the game with injuries, his steady development of the whole squad was at times delayed. Realizing the strength of the Dartmouth line and the comparative weakness of the backfield, the policy of the coaches has been to develop a defensive team. However, in the game last Saturday the backs showed that they had power, and with the variety of plays that have been developed, but not uncovered until Princeton was faced, the offensive power of the Green...