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...football team, like the armies of Napoleon, often fights on its belly, and thus fought Rutgers, sprawling low on its one-yard to form a defense which Holy Cross tried twice, and twice failed, to pierce. But legs are well-nigh as useful as bellies to football players, and Holy Cross...
Like a new cigaret-case, the game between Illinois and Iowa opened and closed with a snap. "Red" Grange (Ill.) picked up the opening kick-off and ran 80 yards for a touchdown in the last minute of the last half, with the score 10 to 6 against his team. "Cowboy Knick" Kutsch (Iowa) ran 32 yards to the Illinois one-yard line; crossed it on the next play as the whistle blew. Score: Iowa 12; Illinois...
Long March Fails on One-Yard Line...
...defects which were brought to light by the Army. Among the most prominent of these is the weakness of the line on both the offense and the defense and a wretched interference which affords the runner practically no protection. Since the Yale line held Dartmouth for downs on the one-yard mark, it has been consistently poor. Captain Lovejoy is a wonder in backing up the line but the opposing team have no trouble in ploughing through for material gains...
Yale came through the Dartmouth test without serious injury and with the added finish that stern competition brings. The Eli defense found itself when it held the Green four times on the one-yard line. On the other hand, the Eli attack was not impressive, save for that all-important ability to capitalize their opponents' errors. Forecasting Yale as a winner by about three touchdowns to one means banking heavily on an improved attack after this week's practice...