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Pennsylvania should never have scored. That she did was due to the general looseness in the play of the Harvard team that cost, besides Pennsylvania's two touchdowns, the loss of two touchdowns that Harvard should have made. Although the play of the eleven, when compared to what it has been heretofore, showed marked improvement in nearly every way, it was plain to be seen that the team was startlingly weak in many particulars, and against heavier and stronger opponents must have either taxed its resources more severely or suffered a possibly severe defeat...
...apparent cause of Harvard's shortcomings as regards scoring was the inability to hold the ball. No less than eight fumbles were made by Harvard, five of which involved the loss of the ball, and in the other instances proved serious obstacles to success. The fumbling of punts was due partly to the high wind, and to the benumbing weather, but the serious results were due more directly to the failure of the men in the backfield to protect the runner by effective blocking...
Except for Nichols's two runs of 105 and 40 yards, each resulting in a touchdown, there was little efficient open play, the team relying on line plays to gain distance. The effectiveness of the line plays, however, was due chiefly to sheer weight and the lack of concerted action on the part of Brown's line. Bowditch at end on the defense was very active and strengthened the whole right side of the line. Sugden at center passed well and while not up against any very difficult proposition, strengthened the center considerably. Meier was used to good advantage...
...practice yesterday was far from encouraging, as the scrub scored twice on the first eleven, but this was due to some extent to the loss of Pierce and Upham, who have been taken on the University squad...
...University eleven yesterday hardly kept up its good work of the day before, for two of the three touchdowns scored on the second were due to flukes rather than to actual gains by straight football. An excellent start was made, but toward the end of the practice the pace seemed to slacken somewhat, and the first eleven was several times forced to punt. In the last few minutes of play the eleven pulled itself together again and held the second for downs when the ball was within five yards of the University's goal line...