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...Harvard's goal line, thus being the second team which has scored on Harvard this fall. Five minutes before the close of the game, with the score tied, 5 to 5, Starr made a fair catch on Brown's 26-yard line, from which Burr kicked a goal from placement and won the game...
...practice yesterday afternoon was extremely light, there being no scrimmage. For the first 16 minutes nearly all the men had kicking practice, Burr trying punts, Wendell goals from placement, and Newhall, Starr, and Kennard drop kicks. After a few minutes of line-up between the first and second teams in which the University eleven was identical with the one which will play today, three teams were formed for signal practice...
Before the scrimmage three teams, formed from the University squad had signal practice, which consisted of work on the forward pass, the onside kick, and a few of the newest plays. Foster tried several goals from placement behind the line of scrimmage which worked well in spite of the strong wind...
...long secret practice yesterday afternoon, which was devoted to work on some new plays and to teaching the men how to tackle a man in the open field after a punt. There was no scrimmage. Burr, Hall, Newhall, Parker and Starr had a long kicking practice, trying goals from placement, drop kicks and punts. Burr's punts and place kicks were excellent. After the secret practice the first squad was divided up into two elevens for signal practice and work on the forward pass. All sorts of line rushes were tried, and later a few goals from placement behind...
...Pennsylvania State College team, 10 to 0. The field was in very bad condition, due to twelve hours of continuous rainfall. In this game Yale's defense was almost perfect and the coaches seemed well satisfied with the offensive work. Both scores, a touchdown by Biglow and a placement kick from the 20-yard line by Knox, were made in the first half. The opposing ends were fast in getting down the field under punts and not easily deceived by trick plays. Their best ground gainer was a delayed forward pass around either end. In general, the Yale team...