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...especially capable in breaking up interference and in getting down under punts. The interchange of Goss and Olcott, who at the beginning of the season played left tackle and guard respectively, is likely to be a permanent one. Goss, being the heavier man of the two, is better qualified for the middle of the line, while Olcott is quicker and has that ground-gaining ability which is essential in a Yale tackle. Holt has been playing consistently at centre, and Hamlin is a promising substitute for this position as well as for tackle, where he has already played...
Harvard's victory over Pennsylvania on Saturday reflects small credit on the team. The Pennsylvania eleven was composed of light and inexperienced men, and Harvard should have made a much larger score. That the team did not make a better showing was due principally to the inexcusable fumbling and carelessness and the absence of team play. Superior weight and spirited playing enabled Harvard to carry the Pennsylvania team before it, but against a heavier team Harvard would have made the worst showing of the season...
Campbell is playing better than last year, and his responsibilities as captain have not interfered with his development. He is the first man to get down the field on kicks, but still has the fault of overrunning his man. In interfering for a runner and in breaking up plays his work is excellent. Bowditch has been behind the other players in his development, owing to his injury early in the season, but is now getting into form. Cutts is playing a hard and spirited game and has shown considerable improvement in his playing. He is still a little slow...
...work of the three upperclass football squads yesterday consisted of fifteen minutes of signal practice and about twenty minutes of play between the first and second elevens. The practice was still very ragged, but a little better than on Wednesday...
...Newell Freshman crews have not been changed as much as the Weld, and consequently are rowing better together. Four eights and a four went out yesterday...