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...goal line. Just before time was called in the first half, several punts by Kernan worked the ball down close to the second team's goal and gave Marshall an opportunity to try a goal from placement on a fair-catch. Marshall missed this goal by a narrow margin but succeeded in kicking a number of others after the touchdowns...
...Harvard team never came closer to defeat without actually meeting it than did the University eleven in the game with Dartmouth, Saturday afternoon on Soldiers Field. The score was 16 to 6; but a much smaller margin would have more nearly expressed the very slight superiority of the Harvard team. It was really an unusually close contest and up to the last five minutes of play seemed almost certain to end in a victory for Dartmouth. Each team had scored one touchdown, but Harvard had failed to kick goal, and with the score at 6 to 5 Dartmouth was pushing...
During the larger part of the season, the Pennsylvania team has not shown any great strength, but by defeating Columbia and Bucknell recently the eleven gave unmistakable sings of considerable improvement. Harvard has the advantage in weight, however, and should win by a fair margin, although Pennsylvania will surely play a hard game, and take full advantage of every mistake...
...yard line. Timely fumbles prevented a score and no other chance was offered. Just before the end of the half long runs by Kernan and Marshall gave the latter an opportunity on the 30 yard line to try a goal from the field which was missed by a narrow margin...
...present, while Williams now has a team probably stronger than the one which last fall won the triangular league championship. Unless the Harvard team plays together much better this afternoon than in practice hitherto, a victory, if obtained at all, will be by a very narrow margin. The line-up of the two elevens will be as follows: HARVARD. WILLIAMS. Burgess, l.e. r.e., Vose. Wright, l.t. r.t. Hatch (captain). Hovey, l.g. r.g., Dennett. King, c. c. Murray. Barnard, r.g. l.g., Hoffman. Knowlton, r.t. l.t., Jones. Bowditch, r.e. l.e., Newell. Marshall, q.b. q.b., Williams. Lindsay, l.h.b. r.h.b., Watson. Leatherbee, r.h.b. l.h.b...