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...drop kicking, each of the contestants was allowed to make three kicks from two different angles at a distance of 25 yards from the goal line and three kicks at a straight distance of 35 yards. Each time the ball went over the middle of the cross-bar, 10 points were counted for the contestant. This number for each successful kick was varied down to 6 points according to the distance from the middle. In the punting, each contestant was allowed three kicks, and accuracy, height and distance were all considered...
...great and all-important cause of Yale's victory--the tackles back formation. The tackles were drawn back and the entire back-field was arranged in tandem formation. It was then possible for this to strike any part of the line with great force and speed, and plain, straight defense could not stop it. A special defense might have done it, but Harvard did not have the right kind. An attempt was made to turn it aside by oblique tackling of the secondary defense, but this allowed the play to get through the line and made at least short gains...
...yard line, from which point it was brought back to the forty yard line by Pruyn and Meier. Here the ball was lost to Yale owing to the poor execution of a trick formation and holding in the line. Harvard then recovered the ball on downs and afterwards, by straight football only, was able to send Meier, Pruyn and Lindsay across the line for touchdowns with but little resistance from Yale. Hutchinson kicked the three goals. The rest of the game was characterized by a slight spurt on the part of Yale which, however, resulted in nothing more than keeping...
...offensive and defensive and neither could make consistent gains through the others' line. Barring some slowness in getting the plays started in the early part of the game, and some fumbling, Pennsylvania played splendid football. When she found her guards-back formation useless she had to rely on straight football to gain. The Indians showed wonderful defensive strength, but their offensive was not quite as strong as was expected. The few fumbles that they made were disastrous. Towards the end of the game the Indians fell off in their play, and Pennsylvania by sheer strength and endurance made good gains...
...Exeter 8. Though at times brilliant, as when Lasley after a double pass swept by Andover's end for thirty-five yards, the playing was uninteresting, and the continual delays from injuries made the progress of the game rather slow. Andover was outplayed in every respect and gained by straight football less than sixty yards in the whole game. Andover's line was slow in defense and could not stop the straight line bucking plays that Exeter adopted throughout the game. Exeter tried but three end plays and infrequently went outside the tackles. Exeter's team played well together, while...