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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Several spectacular plays occurred during the afternoon. Mahan received the second kick-off on the 5-yard line and carried it to the middle of the field before he was stopped. Brickley got away for a 20-yard run, almost gaining a clear field before he was tackled. The punting was done by Hardwick, and was one of the encouraging features of the scrimmage. His kicks usually went for about 40 yards and were high enough for the ends, Coolidge and O'Brien, to get down well under them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRACTICE OF FOOTBALL SQUADS | 10/1/1913 | See Source »

...second touchdown came after a sensational 60-yard run by Glick, Baker kicking goal. During the two final periods, however, Rutgers outplayed Princeton in almost every department, and made their only score on a beautiful field-goal by Talman. The entire game was marred by the continual infliction of penalties on both elevens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOW OTHER TEAMS PERFORMED | 9/29/1913 | See Source »

...shows clearly that the University team had things its own way. What the score fails to show, however, is that the game had all the ear-marks of the opening game of a season, from fumbling to a complete lack of snap in almost all of the play. What was seen clearest of all was that the 1913 Harvard team needs the services of an accurate punter. The University team, aside from showing a lack in this department, gave very little idea of what may be expected of it ultimately, for it was at no time hard pressed, the visitors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEAM EASILY DEFEATS MAINE | 9/29/1913 | See Source »

...frequent before they were relieved by the substitutes. The ease with which holes were opened for them and the regularity of their twenty and thirty-yard gains made one suspect that this year's second team is unusually weak. When other men replaced them, however, the long gains disappeared almost entirely, except when the ball was given to Mahan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POWER SHOWN ON OFFENCE | 9/25/1913 | See Source »

...Haven in the opening game of the season by defeating her rival 21 to 0. Last year Wesleyan was victorious by the score of 9 to 3. As yesterday's score indicates, Yale had a very easy time of it. Her backs made many long runs, advancing almost at will. Substitutions were frequent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale and Cornell Both on Top | 9/25/1913 | See Source »

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