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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Carr, Montgomery and Hanley were all out doing light work and Myers of the second, team, who was injured several weeks ago, was out again. Knowlton was again tried at end on the first eleven and O'Brien played on the second team. D. C. Campbell '02 has come to Cambridge to help in coaching and was out yesterday...
Several causes contributed to this defeat. The attack did not come up to expectations and wore itself out in the first half. Other causes were the fumbling at critical times and the weakness of the three centre positions. The play was extremely ragged, each side losing the ball twice on fumbles, one of which was fatal to Harvard. Many other fumbles which were recovered were costly to both elevens. The rules regarding offside play and holding were strictly enforced by the officials, Pennsylvania's penalties aggregating a distance equal to the length of the field, while Harvard was set back...
Although 53 men reported on September 13 for early practice, the team began the season severely handicapped by a lack of promising candidates for fullback and end positions. The material for tackles and guards was also far from satisfactory. Since that time several former players have come out and a number of men with little experience have shown such rapid improvement that at present all except the end positions are fairly well filled...
Phillips Brooks House will be open Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock, instead of as formerly from 2 to 6, and members of the University are invited to come there during the afternoon. At about 4.30 o'clock Professor W. M. Davis '69 will speak on "Some Experiences on a Recent Journey to South Africa with the British Association." Following the talk there will be music...
...there is a distinct advantage to be gained from brutality and the evasion of the rules--offenses which, in many instances, the officials cannot detect because they are committed when the players and the ball also are bidden from the eyes of the umpire. For these reasons I have come to believe that the game ought to be radically changed...