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LeMoyne kicks off to Metcalf, who brings the ball to Yale's 23-yard line. On a splendid tackle Nichols is hurt. Yale is penalized 10 yards for offside play. Goodhue replaces Nichols. Mitchell kicks from Yale's 10-yard line to Marshall, who fumbles, but Harvard recovers the ball on Yale's 35-ard line. Squires goes through right tackle for 15 yards. Goodhue goes through right tackle for 3 yards...
...HAVEN, CONN., Oct. 14.--Yale defeated Holy Cross this afternoon 36 to 10, in a poorly played game. The Yale rush line played well in the first half, but lacked aggressiveness in the second. In the backfield, however. Neal, Soper and Mitchell did well, the latter making a splendid run of thirty yards for a touchdown...
...University nine decisively defeated the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, in the second and final game of the series, by a score of 9 to 0. The Harvard team completely outplayed their opponents. Clarkson was in the best form, struck out thirteen men, and allowed but two hits. His splendid work may be seen in the fact that only three Pennsylvania men besides the necessary twenty-seven, went to bat during the entire game. This effective pitching, moreover, was supported by almost perfect play in the field. The only error was made b Matthews in the ninth inning...
...other men only escaped a similar fate by Cornell's timely errors. Thirteen hits were made, including two home runs, which would indicate a slight improvement in batting over the work in recent games. The bunting too was more encouraging. The little fielding that was offered through Clarkson's splendid work, was not well accepted, five inexcusable errors being made. Randall dropped an easy throw in the fourth inning, apparently from no other reason than sheer carelessness. Behind the bat R. Kernan caught a praise-worthy game, and threw to bases with accuracy and judgment...
...difficult to see. With diffidence and deservedness carried to an extreme, the opportunities to appreciate new sides in the nature of an acquaintance--which are only to be discerned after considerable time and may be of a sort to make him a fast friend--are thrown away; and the splendid discipline that comes to the man who weeds out ill founded prejudices is not gained...