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Dunc Mauran, a stocky, driving full-back, was Harvard's only consistent ground-gainer and when he left the game in the third period with a bleeding mouth, the losers' only real offensive threat disappeared. Mauran was removed to Stillman and the extent of his injury could not be determined last night...
Although the Crimson missed at least eight point-black opportunities to score, of the three Harvard goals two were actually counted by Amherst men. In 2:02 of the second period center-forward Hans Estin lofted a kick in a scrimmage in front of the goal; an Amherst full-back deflected the ball and the goalie knocked it into the nets. Ten minutes later Captain Phil Potter scored again on a direct kick from about ten yards...
...third goal came when Charlie Weiss, playing right inside, booted a high kick which the Amherst left full-back deflected into the corner of the nets...
...more dramatic contests of the period was the '87 Princeton game, which Harvard won 12-0. For a while there was no score, while the Crimson players watched Nassau's full-back, "Snake' Ames, very closely. His nickname was well-earned; he was as slippery as an ecl. Near the end of the first half, Ames received the ball and began wending his sure way through the Harvard team...
Wally Flynn's indoctrination at full-back continued, with Sam Adams and George Goodrich also filling in at the weakened spot...