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...offensive work of the University team showed much improvement over the West Point game, and even when all the regulars were out of the game, the plays were run off smoothly and accurately. At the start of the game, Harvard had a substitute backfield. Hann was in McKay's place at left tackle and Huntington played centre. The team thus made up overwhelmed Cornell and scored the first touchdown within five minutes of play. After Lewis had added three points by a drop-kick from the 25-yard line, substitutes were put in, but the offence was not materially weakened...
...greatest improvement in the University team appeared in the backfield, which played speedily and surely at all times. Potter's work was very good. Beside making a perfect drop-kick from the 23-yard line, he handled forward passes in excellent style, the three which he tried being successful. Although Potter played only during the first half, he ran in three punts 28, 21 and 27 yards, respectively, and his judgment in the choice of plays was almost faultless. Wendell was the most consistent gainer in the backfield although Graustein and Campbell made several long runs around the ends...
...substitutes then lined up for half an hour against the second team. The former scrimmage was the first opportunity this season to compare the strength of the Freshman team with that of the University squad, and, although Corbett and T. Frothingham were both absent, the University backfield experienced little difficulty in piercing the opposing line...
...more as a unit than in former games. Wigglesworth at quarterback was not quite up to his best form, but, considering his recent absence, he played remarkably well. Potter ran the team with speed and decision, showed good judgment in the choice of plays, and handled punts in the backfield accurately. Corbett and Frothingham played in last year's effective way, though the former made one costly fumble and the latter two. Campbell, who started the same at right halfback, was strong on the plunges, and, with Morrison, was degradable on the defence...
...severe test by having the second team do all the offensive work. A general improvement has occurred in the team-play, and with the return of the injured regulars, the team will be materially strengthened. Wigglesworth has entirely recovered from his illness and will run the team today. The backfield will be further strengthened by the return of T. Froth- ingham, whose leg is completely healed. Morrison and Corbett will play in the other backfield positions. The line will be the same as in the Brown game, unless P. D. Smith should replace Huntington just before the start...