Word: attacked
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Dean Academy defeated the University second football team at Franklin yesterday in a close and hard-fought game by the score of 10 to 7. The second team's attack was chiefly line-plunging, while Dean had a varied assortment of wide end runs and forward passes. The two teams were evenly matched for most of the game. Each side scored a touchdown in the second quarter, the second team on a forward pass to Stanton, and Dean on an end run, after open play had brought the ball within ten yards of the goal. In the fourth quarter Dean...
...being out on the field early and staying until darkness forced the cessation of activities. Signal drill, dummy scrimmage, punting and a hard half-hour scrimmage between the University and second teams constituted the work which the coaches gave the squad in the effort to develop a concerted attack and well rounded team-play...
...scrimmage between the University team and the second eleven was fast and fierce. No touchdowns were made by either eleven, inasmuch as neither team was permitted to remain on the attack for any length of time. The work of the first string men showed improvement, increased power and a noticeable smoothness being apparent. A feature of the scrimmage was the drop-kicking of Mahan. Six times he tried to score on field goals, and but one attempt was a failure...
...through the season the defensive work of the forward line has been below standard; weakness having been apparent in each contest. To develop a line strong enough to stop the attack of the Princeton backfield and at the same time capable of aiding its own backs on the offence is the problem which is confronting the coaches. The return of Pennock should materially strengthen the line, and throughout the week individual attention will be directed to the perfecting of a stronger forward defence...
Yale played a conservative game marked by the tremendous power of a line plunging backfield, the beautiful punting of Legore and a defence that completely smothered the attack of her opponents' backfield...