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...yards by Mt. Pleasant, the Carlisle quarterback. His interference opened up a lane through the midst of the Harvard team and through this he ran for a touchdown. Throughout the game his playing was remarkable. His generalship was excellent and in the backfield he ran back punts and kickoffs for long gains. His all around work stamps him as one of the best quarterbacks in the country...
Burr opened the game by kicking off to Hauser who ran back to the 22-yard line. A fumble gave Harvard the ball for one play, after which Carlisle recovered on another fumble. They then rushed it to the 33-yard line, but were penalized 15 yards for holding. Newhall fumbled Mr. Pleasant's punt on the 50-yard line and from there the Indians carried the ball straight down the field. Payne made a 5-yard gain around right end and after two more short gains, Mt. Pleasant passed forward. The ball was fumbled, but recovered on Harvard...
Burr kicked off over the goal line, but Mt. Pleasant chose to run the ball out and he reached the 27-yard line before being downed. Four plays carried the ball to Carlisle's 50-yard line, from where a penalty set them back 20 yards. Hendricks gained 15 yards, and after an exchange of punts, Carlisle was again penalized. A five-yard gain was followed by a 10-yard loss and then Mt. Pleasant punted to Newhall, who ran back to Carlisle's 45-yard line. An onside kick was recovered by Grant almost on the goal line...
After Burr's punt-out, the Indians rushed the ball down the field for their second touchdown. Mt. Pleasant ran the punt back 18 yards, and Hendricks and Payne followed with runs of 15 yards each. Lubo then caught a forward pass on the 1-yard line and ran the ball over for the touchdown. Mt. Pleasant kicked the goal, making the score, Harvard, 6; Carlisle...
Hauser's kickoff was run back 20-yards by Lockwood. Rand lost four yards on a tandem play, and Burr punted, Bird downing Mt. Pleasant in his tracks. Carlisle punted to Newhall, who was tackled on Harvard's 40-yard line when time was called...