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...single point of a goal from touchdown determined the service championship game in the Stadium Saturday, the Newport Naval Reserves defeating the Boston Navy Yard 7 to 6. The teams were as evenly matched as the score indicates, and but for the failure of W. J. Murray '18 to kick a goal from touchdown from a difficult angle against a stiff wind, a tie score would have resulted. In spite of the severity of the weather, a crowd of 7,500 witnessed the game...
...second period the Boston eleven started the advance for their only score, when Murray hurled a beautiful 30-yard forward pass to Casey on the Newport 30-yard line. T. H. Enwright '18 on plunges through guard and tackle made first down, and Cannell skirted right end for 15 yards, being downed four yards from the goal line. Two plays later he went through left tackle for a touchdown. Murray failed to kick the goal...
...most well-known players are. Coach Leary has in his hard-running combination T. H. Enwright '18, a star line plunger, E. L. Casey '19 and Cannell of Dartmouth, all elusive backs on end and off-tackle plays. The field generalship is in the hands of W. J. Murray '18. On the Rhode Island team there are Barrett of Cornell, star runner and kicker, Cerrish of Dartmouth, a hard line-plunging back, and Purdy, who played at Brown. Hite and Gardner from the Middle West are also strong players...
Former University players figure prominently in both backfield and line of the Navy Yard team. T. H. Enwright '18 is the strongest runner, although on a dry field he is equalled by E. L. Casey '19. W. J. Murray '18 at quarterback is a capable field general...
Seven University players participated in the game; for the Navy Yard, E. L. Casey '19, C. A. Clark, Jr., '19, T. H. Enwright '18, A. Horween '20, W. J. Murray '18, T. S. Woods '20, while E. W. Mahan '16, captain of the 1916 University eleven, was fullback on the Marine eleven...