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...important that as many freshmen as can possibly do so, should accompany their eleven to Exeter tomorrow to encourage them by cheering. There is nothing which spurs on a foot-ball team to do its best more than the sight of a crowd of their own classmates. After the splendid score made against the Grotonian's last Wednesday, there is no chance for the "growlers" to come forward with their dismal croakings predicting the defeat of their own team. The work done by the freshman team so far shows clearly that it is one of the best that has entered...
...makes a touchdown, but a try for goal results in a failure. Soon after, Porter secures another touchdown. The ball is punted out, but is muffed by Porter. Muffs by Jones and Fletcher bring the ball well up in the field. Harding, however, gets the ball, and by a splendid run makes a touchdown, from which no goal is kicked. Soon after Faulkner makes a touchdown, from which a goal is kicked. After a few minutes' play one of the Technology half-backs is hurt, and Boyden, a Harvard substitute, is put in his place. Good rushes by Fletcher...
...Inter-collegiate Tennis Tournament at New Haven, P. Sears did some splendid up hill work against Brinley of Trinity. In the second set, with the score 5 - 0 in Brinley's favor, Sears by steady playing won four straight games. The last set abounded in brilliant plays, but went to Brinley, the score standing...
...each half only lasted thirty minutes, the score compared very favorably with that of the Princetonians, yet it must be said some of the playing done by Harvard was wretched. The eleven cannot be too severely criticised for their lax and faulty play in the first half, when two splendid chances were offered for touchdowns, but were lost through careless fumbling. Then again the half-backs showed too great a desire for kicking the ball over the line instead of rushing it. The tackling was too high, a fault which seems to be always confined alone to Harvard teams...
...Yale went out in order, Foster making a splendid catch of a drive by Stewart. Harvard went out in order...