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...poles and Keith missed the goal. In the second three-quarters Harvard played magnificently, Kendall, Cabot and Ayers doing splendid tackling, while Wesselhoeft gained ground every time he touched the ball. The Princeton men felt the strain and devoted themselves entirely to the defense. Captain Peace undertook the "block game," so characteristic of Princeton, and with wonderful coolness and tact held the ball nearly thirty minutes, touching back repeatedly, to the lively disgust of the spectators. His game was a strong one, however, and nothing but the pluck of the Harvard men saved them from defeat. Their tackling was perfect...
Peace's playing the "block" game in the second half, was unfavorably commented upon by Princeton...
...field thundered the chorus of "Yankee Doodle." A terrific crash followed, as the opposing ranks met in the struggle; screams of grief, shouts of triumph, filled the air, while the strains of "Nearer, My God, to Thee," proceeding from an injured runner, clashed with the "Babies on Our Block." By this time the whole air resounded with a wondrous pot-pourri, a strange medley of songs, hymns, anthems, curses, utterly regardless of time or place, each player translating into sound the overwhelming passion of his soul. But this sublimity could not sustain itself. The crisis was approaching...
...each other at 12 M. Yale played a surprisingly good game, and was only overcome by the better system of her more experienced opponent. The first goal was made by Noyes of Harvard in about five minutes, the second by Woods in thirteen. After that Yale resorted to a block game at her goal, and the time limit was played through without further scoring. It was a pleasure to meet such gentlemen on the field, and a still greater pleasure to beat them, foemen worthy of our steel...
...Peace is proving an efficient captain, and there is in college plenty of confidence in our prospects. Another month is needed, however, to crystallize the team. The general feeling among foot-ball men is, that given a very windy day, similar to last Thanksgiving, and the result is - a block game, notwithstanding the changes in the rules. The idea is that more radical measures are needed, and that the artificial character of the amendments will make disputes between umpires more numerous, and so add much power to the referee...