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First Half. - Tufts had the kick-off, with a slight breeze quartering against them. No real advantage was gained by either side, though there was some brilliant running and kicking. Still, the ball seemed to show some partiality to the region of Tufts' goal. Two touch-downs were claimed by Harvard, but not allowed...
...after some delay occasioned by a dispute as to the size of the ball, Harvard kicking north and Princeton south. Harvard led off with a good kick, and followed it up so well that in ten minutes Cushing, '77, got a touchdown. Seamans, however, missed the goal. The ball was kept near the Harvard goal for most of the time; but in the last ten minutes of the first three-quarters, Princeton "braced up," and drove it up towards their goal. McCosh of Princeton made a very pretty kick that was much applauded, as was also Ballard...
...again called, sides having been changed. The Princeton men were evidently working hard, and the ball was kept constantly about the centre of the field. In fifteen minutes Cushing, '79, got a touch-down from a fine kick by Seamans, and the latter, amidst many cheers, kicked the goal. Sides were again changed, and the game resumed. There was hard fighting by both teams, and some good playing. Princeton got a touch-down, but missed the goal...
During the last part of the game Harvard kept the ball near their goal, but nothing more was accomplished. The score of the game was: Harvard, one goal and one touch-down; Princeton, one touch-down...
When we come around to something like this state of affairs, when the man who reads and the man who rows has each a goal before him worth reaching, when there is something substantial to be made from the use of brains or of muscle in college, then will be the time when indifference will vanish. With us, contest for rank and scholarships is not a contest of brains. He takes the highest rank who happens by any means to amass the highest number of marks among the men who try for high marks. The scholarships support fools who have...