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...lost my religious faith." Such a loss would weigh heavily on Pritchett in his critical capacity, but in one of his short stories, it is a sure sign of gusto to follow. Ten pages after the loss has been reported, the bereaved youth is floating disconsolately downstream in a punt, while the evangelist who has come to restore his faith is clinging hopelessly to the branch of a willow tree and slowly sinking, like "a declining dogma," into the cold river water. The moral of this brisk little story is: Be sure your feet are on firm ground before...
...characterized by close defeats: notable were a 6-0 loss to Army, a 6-3 defeat by Michigan, a 13-13 tie with underrated William and Mary, and a 7-2 loss to Dartmouth. Harvard's only score against the Indians came when Harding blocked a punt and recovered it outside the enemy end zone...
Botsford was stopped by Tarasovic, however, and was forced to punt on the next play. He booted it 43 yards to the Yale 12, where Ward fell on his own fumble...
Yale also utilized two ball carriers, but with much greater success. Coker and Ward moved the ball to the Harvard 48 on four first downs, before punting. Joslin ran the punt back to the 8. Harvard was stymied by the Yale line as well as a penalty, and punted out, Joslin kicking 54 yards...
...second half had hardly started, however, when Hust smashed over left guard, cut to the right sideline and ran 86 yards for the Eli's second touchdown. The Crimson failed to make a first down after taking the kickoff, forcing quarterback Jack Hennessy to punt from his own 20 yard line. Bill Williams took the punt, and aided by a key block from end Dick Skewes, raced 56 yards down the left sideline for another score...