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...year ago Harvard defeated West Point 9 to 0. Today Harvard will meet a well-drilled and experienced team which has had the advantage of having played several of its important games. The West Point line, from tackle to tackle, is heavy and fast. Dean in the backfield is a very reliable drop-kicker, and has scored a majority of points in the other games in this manner...
...squad reported except Corbett, whose College appointments detained him. Wigglesworth returned to the quarterback position for the first time since his sickness, and ran the team quickly and accurately. T. Frothingham was in the backfield, having practically recovered from the injury to his, knee...
...Harvard backs ran in further because the opposing ends were well blocked. B. Smith, Kratz, Sisson and Sprackling did the most effective/work for Brown. For Harvard, Smith and Lewis made some excellent tackles, but were unable to make consistent gains with the forward pass from Potter. In the backfield Corbett was the most reliable ground gainer, and Wendell at times advanced the ball for large gains through the line...
...clock the University team lined up against the Law School team, all the regular backfield being replaced by substitutes. This fact was evident when the University team attempted to advance the ball, their opponents being much more successful at gaining through the tackle and guard positions. Philbin and Pfeiffer, especially, did excellent work in the backfield, Philbin's speed around end and Pfeiffer's ability to pick holes on tackle plays giving the University line its severest test of the season. The Law School line was easily the heaviest yet encountered, and provided the first opportunity to estimate the real...
...this season against Phillips Exeter Academy at Exeter this afternoon at 3 o'clock. As a result of injuries received in the previous games and in practice, the Freshman line has not developed as fast as was expected. A lamentable tendency to fumble has not been eradicated from the backfield...