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Both teams expect to surprise by their aerial game. Yale has twice scored on passes from midfield, and the Blue and Red has also gained consistently via the air route. Today, however, the tosses will be more elaborate, and both teams have been keeping their latest passes secret for the encounter this afternoon...
...only score of the afternoon was chalked up by the scrubs shortly after they had recovered a University fumble near midfield. After making two first downs against an eleven composed of the Team C line and a backfield of Stafford, Barbee, Clark, and Innes, the Second team lost the ball by a fumble on the 19-yard mark...
Team A was once more given the ball for an attack in midfield. Cheek made a four yard run and then repeated passes were incompleted. A throw front Coady to Crosby was finally caught and netted a 20-yard gain which was followed by another pass from Cheek to Crosby for a touchdown. Cheek missed the goal...
...hence would allow more frequent, run-backs. He took this stand instead of the more common one that good kickers kick over the goal too often under the present rule. "A good kicker," he said, "can kick over the goal line from 60 yards away as easily as from midfield...
Yale made the first goal after 42 minutes of play. Driggs of the Crimson team then took the ball from midfield through the entire Eli team and scored a point for the University. The Freshmen held the Elis scoreless until the very end of the game when the Blue got the winning goal...