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The 'Varsity squad started practice yesterday by tackling the dummy. The rest of the time was spent in running off signals and in bolstering up the tackles in their defensive play. Garrison was in at quarter and got the plays off very rapidly and with a great deal of snap...
Both teams were rather weak on the defensive, the 'Varsity, however, having a shade the worst of it in this respect, as both of the second's touchdowns were made in simple end plays which Lewis and Richardson failed to break up. Swain and Mills did good work in the...
Harvard fumbled badly, yet only once did she lose the ball through her own carelessness. West Point, however, was less lucky. Of five fumbles, four resulted in a loss of the ball when steady gains were advancing it towards Harvard's line. Harvard's play was slow and ragged on...
Harvard was held for downs twice and West Point five times, yet the defensive strength of the two teams can hardly be judged from this fact, as the Harvard line, with the exception of the ends, was weak.
Yesterday afternoon the 'Varsity second eleven defeated the senior class team by a score of 12 to 0, in two ten minute halves. '98 was not very strong on the defensive and the second managed to break through their line rather easily. This seemed to be due principally to the...