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...this half the University team kicked off four times for 180 yards, Princeton running back 104 yards. Three punts totalling 100 yards. The lone Princeton kick-off of 40 yards was run back 20 Four Tiger punts added up to 138 yards and a fifth went over the goal line from mid field...
...Coach Roper had brought up a steam-driven wedge, he would not have received better results than he did from his line of forwards. A gaping hole was awaking the Tiger carrier every time; an impenetrable blockade was awaiting the Crimson runner. A day before the game Princeton undergraduates had said "Watch Beatile." Those who took their advice saw one of the prettiest exhibitions of line play that has been seen in the Stadium for many years. He was uncontrollable as he plunged through the Harvard attack or pushed aside the Crimson defense to make a path for a driving...
Harvard names the Princeton football team for the hall of fame. Two nights before the game at the Tiger mass meeting Coach Roper said: "Every man on the team can do the hundred in less than 11 seconds, and the Lord knows why we should be called the underdog." That he was right was proved when Princeton rose to almost unattainable heights of perfection and marched through the best Harvard could offer to trounce the Crimson...
Leaving individualities and looking at generalities, the Tiger's most impressive characteristic was its interference. With few exceptions the Harvard defense was put out of play, and nothing but secondary defense saved the day. The interference was particularly noticeable on end runs when one by one the Crimson tacklers were dumped and an almost clear field lay before the Tiger carrier...
...general policy of the Black and Orange in regard to strategy, for almost anything it tried worked. Its trick plays were a big advantage. They accounted for substantial gains and were seldom diagnosed by Harvard largely on account of the speed and precision with which they were executed. A Tiger back would turn, fake an exchange, turn again and plunge through a hole made vacant by the stratagem...