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Bates won the toss and received Horween's kick-off on its 15 yard line. Harvard was penalized 5 yards for offside in the next play. Bates punted to Murray in midfield who ran the ball back 15 yards. An end play and an incompleted pass left the ball on the Bates 38 yard mark. Here R. Horween missed a kick for goal. The visitors had the ball on their 20 yard line but next play were penalized for being offside., E. D. Weather-head '22 then intercepted a pass and reached the Bates 5 yard line. R. Horween plunged...
...Murray tore ahead 15 yards for first down. On the next play Casey sprinted around left end and broke through the field for a touchdown. The goal was kicked by Horween. The first quarter ended after a series of fumbles and incompleted forward passes by both sides, leaving the ball in the opponent's possession on the University's 30 yard mark...
Soon after the opening of the second quarter Harvard forced Bates to give up the ball on downs. Casey repeated his old-time trick on the next play when he wriggled through the line for 4 yards and then by clever dodging broke loose down the field 62 yards for his second score. Horween failed to make the goal...
There followed a half-hour of kicking and receiving punts by the backs, the ends going down under the kicks. Each of the first three teams then had a turn at receiving kick-offs and carrying the ball back. The scrimmage was called at 5 o'clock when the black-jerseyed squad trotted onto the Stadium gridiron. The University team showed to better advantage than it has hitherto and made long gains through the seconds at will. C. A. Clark, Jr., Occ., scrimmaged for the first time...
...first score made by the University eleven was when R. S. Humphrey '21 at quarterback caught a punt and carried the ball back fifty yards-for a touchdown. Soon after R. Horween Occ. drop-kicked a ball from the twenty yard line. N. V. Nelson Occ made the final score by a touchdown on a line plunge. The ball was almost continually in the scrubs' territory during the play...