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...scarecrow, who, under the title of Lord Ravensbane, is sent into the world to avenge on Rachel, the daughter of Justice Merton, the wrong that the latter in his youth has inflicted on the witch. Attended by Dickon, "a Yankee impersonation of the Prince of Darkness," Ravensbane, a perfect straw-man, goes forth...
...football management must have been impressed by the admirable thoroughness with which every possible provision was made for the comfort of the crowd. There were not more than ten thousand spectators present, but the attendants could have handled many times that number had there been seats enough, so perfect was the organization of affairs. Information officers were stationed at several places about the grounds, and even at the train and boat platforms. Two cadets were detailed to the press stand to announce the names of the Army players as they figured in the confusing succession of plays...
...centre, the latter going to the second squad, where his poor passing was noticeable. Lawson and Brown did well for the second, the former recovering a 20-yard forward pass on the first team's 3-yard line and making a touchdown from it, and the latter executing two perfect forward passes and making a quarterback run of 15 yards. The first team was at a disadvantage as it was kept on the defence most of the time, the second frequently being given the ball in different parts of the field to test its opponent's defence. Wendell scored both...
...short onside kick. The line played very well, the defence being especially strong, for West Point's two first downs were made on end runs from the kick formation, after Houston had been taken out of the play. Captain Fish distinguished himself by making a marvelous catch of a perfect forward pass from O'Flaherty while he was falling over backwards. Throughout the game the whole team showed a tendency to hold; several times penalties prevented long runs from being allowed and lost the University team a number of opportunities to have the ball in West Point's territory...
...yard line, and three more to her 3-yard line. Wendell was sent through tackle for a touchdown. Marsh kicked out to the 25-yard line and missed an easy goal. Marsh kicked off to Paradise. Vanbrocklin made 25 yards, the longest gain of the day, on a perfect forward pass from Paradise. Porter was thrown for a loss. Fletcher sent a low bouncing kick which Ervin finally fell on outside on Andover's 18-yard line. Harvard then gained three first downs on five plays, Marsh being used three times and Wendell twice before time was called...