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Frank Shaw is undoubtedly inferior to the experienced Stillman. The latter has improved greatly this fall, and gets into every play more consistently. Shaw has worried too much over the game and is a bit under weight. But for a new man he is very strong...
...needs only a bit of good sense to set the matter aright. From conversation with a number of the foremost men in the University, we are sure that, without exception, they would be glad to return any sign of recognition which they see given to them by Harvard men, and certainly the initiative ought to be taken by the younger man. It is he that should show that he knows and respects the older man, not the older man who should mark out the younger as one known...
...unless the men become slightly acquainted with our cheer there is a good chance that any attempts made to introduce it on the day of the game will fall through. There will be lively football on Soldiers Field this afternoon and we trust the crowd will wake up a bit...
...Harvard eleven played for the most part a miserable game, but occasionally a good tackle or a bit of fair interference would crop out. The men seemed to lack entirely any spirit of aggressiveness, and it was rarely that the backs showed anything like interference. The only redeeming feature of their general work was the first class game they put up on the defence. Only twice could the Amherst team make its distance...
With all the ill luck that has attended the football eleven it must be hard for Harvard men to keep from losing heart a bit. At the beginning of the season the material for the eleven seemed somewhat less promising than usual and it is no exaggeration to say that since then on almost every second day some valuable man has been injured. Such a succession of misfortunes is enough to try sorely the most hopeful...