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...clean throughout, few fouls being called on either side. The work of the University team was by far the best of the season and was a considerable improvement over its playing in the first Yale game. Van Vleck was easily the best player on the floor; he shot four baskets from the floor and threw three from fouls. Brooks and Browne were strong on the defense and currie's basket-shooting was accurate...
...half. Although Harvard's team-work was much better and its offense good, the men could not break up their opponents' strong defense. The Dartmouth players passed with more precision and forced the University team to resort to a defensive game, which the visiting team broke up continually as basket after basket was thrown. The game ended after Brady had made four goals in quick succession almost unaided, and with the score standing 28 to 13 in Dartmouth's favor...
Brown scored first on a goal from the floor by Pryor. This was followed by three more by Seidler, while for the University team Currie threw one basket from the floor and one from a foul. About the middle of the second half the University team tied the score on a basket by Browne and three goals from fouls by Currie. The play then became very fast, but just before the close of the game, Brown drew ahead by good teamwork and shooting. Currie played well for Harvard, while Pryor and Seidler excelled for Brown...
...first score of the game was made by Kimball of Tufts on a basket from the floor, but Brooks soon retaliated by scoring two lucky goals on long shots and placed Harvard in the lead. The half ended with the score of 15 to 6 in Harvard's favor. In the latter part of the second half the University line-up was somewhat weakened on the offence by the use of several substitutes. For Harvard, Brooks played a brilliant game, shooting four goals from the floor and blocking many of Tufts' chances to score. Currie also...
...period was 10 to 6 in Harvard's favor. Currie excelled during this half and scored two goals on long shots. In the second half the Holy Cross team braced and scored 14 to Harvard's 6 points. They played a harder, faster game during this period and their basket was not often in danger...