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...University football team meets Yale at New Haven this afternoon in the annual gridiron contest between the two universities. There is but little to choose between the two elevens. The University rules a 10 to 9 favorite in the betting odds but the only reason Yale demands this is because it fears a repetition of the result of past years, when after Yale had defeated a strong Princeton team, it fell before the Crimson. Yale won over Princeton by a larger score than that made by the University, but this is offset by the fact that Yale was able...
...thus won the contest. Of the handling of punts in the backfield, which gave the game a sloppy look, there has been criticism--mainly unjust. For it will be noted that a large percentage of the fumbling occurred in the north section of the gridiron--the sunfield. When it is stated that players standing in this half of the field were unable to see the south goal posts because of the sun shining in their eyes, when, also, the swirling wind currents coming from the direction of the sun are noted it will be patent that the outlying backs were...
...long hour the gridiron warriors of Harvard and Princeton fought a battle royal on Saturday afternoon. The unexpected strength of Princeton's of fence appeared in the very first plays and convinced the Crimson supporters that the supposed superiority of Harvard was too slight to assure victory. After a first half to nervous excitement, out team showed the results of Haughton's coaching and gained victory by outwitting as well as outrushing their opponents...
...eight-weeks season than a college professor gets for his entire year's work. To help him the coach must also have a regular squadron of assistants trainers and other subordinates, all of them drawing good salaries. No wonder it costs more to put one football gladiator on the gridiron than the average student spends in a whole year at college. Yet some of the institutions which can afford to be so prodigal in coaching and coddling their athletic teams are the ones which cry out continually that they have not enough income to do their academic work properly...
...Tufts naturally is pointing for the Harvard game and secret practice has been in progress all week. Heavy canvas screens hide the gridiron from view and a vigilance committee sees to it that no outsiders make their way into the field...