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...Jarvis Field Saturday after noon. Harvard defeated Stagg's eleven from the Springfield Y. M. C. A., by a score of 34 points to nothing. The day was very mild and the game attracted the largest crowd of the year, the spectators filling almost completely the stands on both sides of the field...
...Though Stagg's eleven tailed to score, the game was very stubbornly fought throughout. It served to show that Harvard's defensive work, especially at the centre, is exceedingly weak; while, on the other hand, the offensive work was fairly creditable. Harvard's interference, however, in both the line and the backs was poor; and the fumbling of the backs was something amazing. During all the first part of the game the ball seemed to slippery for Fearing and Like to hold. Harvard was lucky in dropping on the ball; and that was the only circumstance which, several times...
...Stagg's eleven played a wonderfully strong game, considering the fact that it is chosen from only forty-two men and has no second eleven to practice against. Captain Stagg showed that he understood how to make the most of such a team, and he adopted the only tactics which could possibly win. He put his end men on each side of his backs, and with the live in the wedge formed a strong V to crash through the Harvard 1m. The crimson rushers seemed unable to cope with these tactics during the first ball, and had there not been...
Fearing, (half-backs) Stagg...
Harvard vs. Stagg's Eleven on Jarvis...