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Trailing 16 to 0 in the third period, Yale made a tremendous comeback which all but carried it to victory. With Cutler starring, the Blue team swept down the field to its first touchdown. At the opening of the forth session, Yale completed a forward pass which put it into scoring position...
With the Yale game looming less than a week off, the 1928 baseball team will attempt to make a comeback from its temporary slump this afternoon when it meets the Andover nine on the Freshman field at 2.30 o'clock. The schoolboy game today will be the last encounter for the Freshmen before their crucial test and will afford Coach Davidson a final opportunity to estimate the power of his outfit...
...alternate at forward. This combination failed to function in the first period, while Baldwin and Slocum, the 1928 forward pair, ran riot through the Crimson defense. In the second period, Coach Wachter's quintet, with the best passing attack it has shown so far this season, staged a remarkable comeback, overwhelming the Freshmen. Leekley tallied nine goals from the floor in this period...
...fact that John Harvard failed to produce a comeback made the Eli victory all the more significant. "Yale vanquished the team that annihilated the Crimson the week before, while Harvard apparently failed to show any improvement", such was the train of thought running through everyone's mind. In every department of the game except punting the Blue had shown itself superior to the Tiger. Yale out-rushed, out passed, indeed thoroughly outplayed its opponent...
After reading this, one may ask, "What chance has Harvard of staging a comeback?" Regardless of these injuries the Crimson has a very great chance of staging a comeback, especially with the new spirit which is evident. John Harvard has learned his lesson in football as the never has before. Dartmouth certainly did its best to point out the Crimson tailings, but with no result. The Crimson did not pick up after the Green made a polite hint that the Harvard squad was not what it should be. But Princeton left no room for doubt in any one's mind...