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...score of 23 to 0, the eleven won an easy, but interesting game from Bates on Saturday, the superior weight of the Harvard line making the fast play of Bates ineffective. But although the high score was due in large measure to the difference in weight, it was also partly accounted for by the increased strength evidenced in Harvard's offensive play. Long end runs marked the game, and varied the usual line plunging tactics. On the defense, however, the eleven was not nearly so strong. Quick tandem plays and simple tricks were used by Bates to advantage...
...University football team began the Harvard football season, Saturday, by defeating the Williams eleven on Soldiers Field by a score of 11 to 0. That the result of the game was not reversed was due more to the failure of the Williams team to make full use of its opportunities than to any good playing by the Harvard eleven. Williams was ragged in both offensive and defensive work, but even with such a weak team several times forced Harvard to punt and made two long end runs, one of which almost resulted in a touchdown. With the ball...
...Freshmen did a poor day's work. They went over the two-mile course under perfect conditions in the poor time of 11 minutes, 42 seconds. This unsatisfactory showing was due to the failure of several men to work hard and do their best...
Seniors are reminded that the first installments on subscriptions to the Class Fund are now due. They should be sent to Charles Platt, 3d., Box L, Cambridge. CLASS COMMITTEE...
...London. The crew is steadier than last year's and physically is one of the strongest eights that Harvard has produced in recent years. The general watermanship, however, is poor, and the men are rough and awkward. The boat has shown a tendency to hitch between strokes, due to the men hanging at the full reach and rushing their slides. In this respect, however, they are improving rapidly and the boat is now moving more smoothly. The men get a good finish in their stroke, but lack the hard biting catch so marked in the Yale crew; they...