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Kent, with nine candidates at the examinations last summer, led by a very narrow margin Loomis School at Windsor, Conn., which has five candidates, and St. Mark's School, Southboro, which had 19 candidates. Only schools which contribute five or more candidates are eligible to compete for the trophy...
...second game, that with the Boston Submarine Base Team, was lost by the margin of one touchdown. The contest was one of the most stubbornly fought of the year, and the issue was in doubt until the last moment. In the third period the Sailors, after a pounding march down the field, made their lone score. But the Seconds fought every inch against a heavier and more powerful team...
...means the history of the whole struggle. For three periods the lighter University eleven outplayed the veteran team of Keck's, twice the Crimson, baffling the Jungleers with a perfect combination of line plays and forward passes swept down the field only to miss a touchdown by the barest margin each time, and once within their own five-yard line the Red Jerseyed defence threw back four times in succession and held for downs the Tiger backs as they stormed at the Crimson line...
...most reliable players went down to New Haven last Saturday to see the Tiger Bulldog contest, a substitute eleven faced Brown at Cambridge. Although the University came out of the struggle with the long end of a 9-7 score, it was only by a very slight margin that the team escaped defeat. Five times the Brounians threatened the Crimson goal-line and it was only the aggressive playing on the part of the second string forwards which prevented more than a single score from being made...
...margin of a single touchdown, the Elis triumphed over the West Point eleven in a thrilling game the following Saturday. For three periods the Yale team out-played the invading outfit and well deserved the 14-7 win which they carried away, but it was only by the narrowest margin that the Cadets' comeback fell short. In the last few minutes of the final period the Grey and Black team uncovered a dazzling series of forward passes and taking the pigskin in midfield carried it in six plays down the field and over the line. Uncovering a similar attack...