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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University soccer team defeated the fast Springfield Y. M. C. A. College players, 1 to 0, in a hard-fought contest on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon. The game, which was by far the best yet played this season, was closely contested throughout, but particularly during the first half, the ball shifting continually from one side to the other, owing to the superiority of Harvard's defense as matched against the better offensive play of Springfield...
...second football team succeeded in ripping up the University defense with considerable regularity yesterday, showing a better brand of football than they have all fall. On their own three yard line they held the regulars for three downs before R. S. Humphrey '21 was able to carry the ball across on the fourth down. Talbot, an ineligible, playing left tackle for the scrubs, starred by downing F. C. Church '20 15 yards behind the scrimmage line while P. Salter '21 blocked Church's kick. J. F. Brown '22, after a blocked kick, A. Horween '20, by a 15 yard...
...University Soccer Team defeated the Andover eleven Saturday afternoon by a score of 3 to 1. The Andover team, though outweighed and outclassed by the University players, put up a game fight, and throughout the first half succeeded in keeping the ball in the Harvard territory about half of the time. But in the second half Coach Burgess' men proved much stronger, and not only prevented the enemy from becoming dangerous again but kept the ball almost constantly in the latter's territory, although they were unable to score...
...first goal came within the first five minutes of play, when P. Fisher '20 succeeded in getting the ball past the Andover backstop. The University's other two scores also came in the first period. Fisher soon repeating his performance and K. C. Darling '22 following his example just before the period closed...
Freshman Team "C" showed up to advantage yesterday in a practice scrimmage with the Somerville High School team. Although the score was only 7 to 7, this was due to giving the ball to the visitors on the 20-yard line after time to enable them to score. The Freshman line was particularly strong, and several times held Somerville for downs...