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Owing to the fact that Carlisle depends in offensive play almost entirely upon end runs, the game this afternoon should afford a good test of Harvard's strength in that part of the team. A peculiar style is used in the formation of these plays and with quick starting and rapid running, the Carlisle team will be very formidable and apt to score...
...unsatisfactory feature of the game was the fact that it afforded no real test of Harvard's defense, because, owing to an advantage in the wind, the Brown team, whenever it had the ball, usually chose to punt without attempting to advance by rushes. The old fault of fumbling appeared again in exaggerated form, and often with serious results. There was seemingly an increased desire to help the runner, but this good quality lacked the merit of regularity,-as sometimes the man with the ball was thrown for a loss for want of careful or effective interference. Plays were also...
...eleven who were not content merely to go through the practice in a perfunctory manner but were trying hard every minute to perfect and put into execution what the coaches told them. It was in this way that they learned the game, and when it came to the test, their learning, gained at the expense of hard work and attention to detail, stood them in good stead. The hardest games of the season are now confronting the team, and beginning with Brown on Saturday, every contest will try the capabilities of the eleven to the utmost...
...team shows good possibilities. The guards have been very prominent in this work. More fumbling marked the work of the backs than has previously been the case. Defensively the practice of the team has been of an encouraging nature, although the Vermont game of Wednesday furnished no real test. The failure of Vermont to gain at any time during the game was undoubtedly due as much to their won weakness as to any particular strength on the Yale side. Kicks have been fumbled too frequently, and the guards and tackles have rather supplemented the ends in the work of getting...
...game with the United States Military Academy, to be played at West Point this afternoon, will give the first thorough test of the University eleven's strength. All the games played hitherto have been with much lighter opponents, who had comparatively little power of attack or ability in defense; but today the eleven will meet a team of weight almost equal to its own, composed of men of strong physique and considerable football experience. The West Point team, with the exception of three men, is the same as the one which last year kept Harvard from scoring until the last...