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Mr. Haughton's problem was to beat a veteran cloven, familiar with Harvard's style of play, with an inexperienced eleven, having only a second-hand knowledge of Princeton's tactics. Tufts had beaten Tufts the following week, 3 to 0. On the strength of that record Princeton should have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Test for the Haughton System. | 11/14/1916 | See Source »

The first half closed with Yale leading 6 to 0. Throughout the period Yale maintained the advantage, but Brown's remarkable exhibition of defensive playing limited Yale's score to two filed goals both made by Braden. It was evident that the Providence eleven anticipated an early lead for Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BROWN ABLE TO BREAK YALE ELEVEN'S WINNING STREAK | 11/13/1916 | See Source »

Yesterday's football practice, though it was a very long workout, was not particularly hard. Team A had a light scrimmage when it was lined up against the second team for about ten minutes, and was then given a long signal drill, when team B was put in its place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MASS MEETING IN UNION | 11/8/1916 | See Source »

It was evident that when it had the opportunity the Yale team could bring about a score, but it did not seem to have the necessary fight and dash when there were no immediate prospects of a tally. On the whole, however, its offensive power was greater than its defensive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON ROMPED AWAY WITH BUCKNELL, BUT YALE GIVEN GREAT SCARE BY COLGATE ELEVEN SATURDAY | 11/6/1916 | See Source »

S. Burnham '19, who substituted for Thacher, showed up well as a defensive back, tackling hard and following the ball well. He made sure of every second team back who got past the University line and is likely to give Thacher a hard fight for his regular position.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECOND TEAM SCORED ON SUBS | 11/2/1916 | See Source »

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