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Only one touchdown was made in the first half, and things looked dubious for a satisfactory score. The second half witnessed somewhat better defensive play, and Dartmouth could not keep the ball so long as in the first half.
Play began shortly after two o'clock with W. A. Brooks of Harvard as referee, and S. V. Coffin of Wesleyan, umpire. Princeton won the toss and took the wind giving Yale the ball. L. Bliss made 9 yards on the wedge, to which "Pop" Bliss added 4 through the...
For the next thirty minutes the play was very exciting. Princeton forced the ball three times to Yale's ten yard line, but failed to score. The game throughout abounded in brilliant plays and strong defensive works.
As a whole the team played fairly well together, the work of the backs being quite systematic in interference. They must learn to put their man out of the game entirely, and not to trust to a push to do it. Moreover the backs do not take all the chances...
It was a bitter disappointment when Yale won the toss and opened the game with a gain of ten yards. Some feared a repetition of last year's scenes but none followed Harvard immediately showed her mettle by forcing Yale to kick, and from that moment until Yale had succeeded...