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Both teams are in good physical condition and in weight are about evenly matched, Harvard being somewhat the heavier in the back-field and Yale in the line. As Harvard has defeated Pennsylvania and Yale has beaten Princeton, the game today will determine the football supremacy for the season...
...whom Harvard defeated a year ago by a score of 26 to 12. Both of Dartmouth's scores at that time were made on blocked kicks, so that the score does not truly indicate the extent to which the losing team was outplayed. Dartmouth has developed a remarkably strong back-field, and with an attack which for speed and general ground-gaining qualities is exceptional will present a valuable test of Harvard's defense...
...back-field is very unsettled. The material is fairly promising, although most of the men are inexperienced; slowness and weak defensive play are the chief faults. Metcalf and Winslow are being used at quarterback. Metcalf fumbles very rarely and uses good judgment in directing his plays, but at present is in poor physical condition. Both have made some brilliant runs through broken fields in the minor games. Captain Chadwick is the most consistent and reliable ground-gainer on the team, and is playing better than ever before. Hinkle has played left half whenever Chadwick was not in the game...
...sort, such as falling on and starting with the ball, kicking, tackling the dummy and short signal practices. This afternoon the harder work will begin, when the squads will be lined up against each other for the first time. The material for the line is fairly heavy. In the back-field there are a number of men who for several seasons have been prominent in preparatory school football...
...after the first eleven obtained the ball near the second team's goal and by means of steady rushing carried it near the line. In spite of the wet weather, the first team did not fumble; many good openings, however, were not utilized, owing to the slowness of the back-field in starting. After the playing was over Marshall did some excellent drop-kicking for field-goals at various angles from about the thirty-five yard line...