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...encouraging features of Saturday's game was the all-around work of Owen and Churchill. Many critics believed that these two Sophomores would not look so well in their first big game as they did against easier opposition. Others believed that Churchill, although the most dangerous man on the gridiron when the ball was in his hands, was not dependable defensively. Any such criticism was shattered by his splendid tackling, even when cut down by the active Centre interference. Owen also showed himself as one of the hardest running backs in the fleet Crimson backfield...
...took Coach Fisher's gridiron machine two periods to get under way against the Valparaiso eleven Saturday, but when it once got going in the second half, the Westerners could offer little resistance to the Crimson steam roller. The "team of mystery" did not prove a hard nut for the Fisherites to crack, after they had once penetrated the cloud of secrecy which surrounded the team. During the first half of the game, the Crimson players seemed to be worried by the uncertainty of what they were up against--the interference was ragged, the linesmen charged feebly, and the backs...
...from hard scrimmaging to Coach Fisher's pupils. After a preliminary drill in the cage, the Crimson coach pitted his squad against Coach Knox's scrappy second eleven. In order to save the turf in the Stadium field for tomorrow's game, the battle was staged on the Freshman gridiron, which was in a drenched condition better suited to water polo than football...
Trainer "Pooch" Donovan sent the regulars to the showers, while the mud-smeared scrubs stayed on the gridiron to oppose Team B. They showed they were still fighting, however, by throwing the subs for several 8-yard losses, until they had put the red-jerseys on their own 4-yard line. Here a long punt by Stillman put his eleven out of danger, and a second team fumble reversed the advantage. Showing much improved form, the subs started a formidable drive, which finally netted them a touchdown by Rouillard, and concluded practice...
...York Stock exchange will hereafter be the gridiron for Harvard's great football player--Charles E. Brickley '15. The "hero of the big too" who kicked himself into football immortality, recently formed the stock exchange house of Charles E. Brickley & Company...