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...with the Freshmen yesterday afternoon and, although scoring two touchdowns against them, was by no means greatly superior. Punts were exchanged on almost every other play. Burr had the advantage over Cutler, but, nevertheless, was unable to keep the ball within striking distance of the Freshmen's goal. The backfield work of the University eleven was weak and most of Cutler's punts were poorly handled. The Freshman ends got down the field well under every punt and their tackling spoiled all chances of running the ball back for any gain...
...Annapolis game, the work of the backs was very ragged and they were slow in sizing up the opponent's plays. Starr made several sensational tackles in the backfield, but in other ways was not up to the usual standard. Apollonio did well and his line bucking was a future. Much of the credit for Apollonio's gains through the line is due to Rand, however, who pulled him along on every play till the ball was actually downed. He followed the ball closely, was all over the field, and played a hard, fast game. However, he was the only...
...attack of a light, fast team. Cooney was much more effective at guard, while Congdon filled the centre position well. Dines played a good game at quarterback in place of T. Jones, who was kept out of the line-up. Coy, as usual, was the star of the backfield, and his punting and running back of kicks was splendid...
...Freshmen kicked off to Exeter in the second half, and the quarterback of the Freshman, team, through inexperience, ran down to tackle with the rest of the men instead of staying in the backfield. Exeter returned the kick immediately, and, without any of the Harvard team touching the ball, an Exeter man recovered, it and scored what was given out by the referee to be a touchdown. Rule 20, Section 1, of the Rule Book, states this to be illegal...
...first half, with a substitute backfield, Exeter would have scored except for a fumble on the second team's 1-yard line. At the end of the half the ball was in Exeter's possession on the 10-yard line. The second half was even more in Exeter's favor, for, with its regular backfield, it ripped up the second team's line, scored two touchdowns and a goal, and was on the way to another touchdown when time was called...