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There was scarcely any preliminary work and practically all the time was devoted to a scrimmage between the first and second elevens. The main object of the practice was to test the defensive strength of the team, and several times the second eleven was permitted to retain the ball after...
Princeton was on the defensive throughout the game, and was only saved from a worse defeat by Dewitt's splendid kicking. The Yale tackle-back play was very effective, and the defense almost impregnable.
The Yale eleven will play Princeton this afternoon on the University Field at Princeton. A comparison of the season's play seems to indicate a slight but definite advantage for Yale in the game. The Yale goal-line has been crossed three times by inferior teams, while Princeton has only...
At fullback, both Hogg and Guild have good weight, which might be made very effective, if they could be made to run lower. In interference, they are not aggressive enough, while their defensive work is weak.
Graydon, fullback; Marshall, quarterback; Bowditch, end; Barnard, guard; and Captain Kernan, halfback, are the five players on whom, as a base, the new Harvard eleven has had to be constructed. They are all showing the same excellent playing that distinguished their work last season and with good support would help...