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...annual football game between the two academies. Unexpected speed, combined with superior weight and a heavy back-field, gave the Exeter eleven its victory. In the first half Exeter clearly out-played their opponents, but in the second half Andover gained 136 yards to Exeter's 98 and secured first down 21 to Exeter's 14 times. Both elevens relied for their gains on straight football. The feature of the game was a field-goal from the 35-yard line by Cummings of Andover. McCormick, fullback, proved Exeter's best ground gainer...
...will play Princeton this afternoon on the University Field at Princeton. A comparison of the season's play seems to indicate a slight but definite advantage for Yale in the game. The Yale goal-line has been crossed three times by inferior teams, while Princeton has only allowed one field-goal, but in general defensive work Yale outclasses Princeton. No eleven has made consistent gains through the Yale line. Dewitt's kicking is superior to Bowman's, but this advantage for Princeton is likely to be more than counterbalanced by the effectiveness of Yale's running attack, in which...
...ball to the 5 yard line, made the one touchdown of the game. During the remainder of the play the nearest approach to a score was when Harvard had the ball within 16 yards of Brown's goal and was then held and forced to try for a field-goal against the wind. The opposing team, however, never succeeded in advancing more than a few yards beyond the centre of the field, and at no time was Harvard's goal endangered except once toward the end of the game when a punt was fumbled on the 25 yard line...
...with their simple plays, had very little difficulty in penetrating the line and making first down many times in succession. Twice, during the second half, they carried the ball to and inside of Harvard's 25 yard line only to lose it, once on a blocked try for a field-goal and again by being compelled to punt. There were few spectacular plays to vary the monotony of steady line plunging. The only ones were a run of 40 yards by Mills to within five yards of a touchdown, a run of about 30 yards by Shannon, of West Point...
...yard line where he was tackled by Shannon. West Point fought very stubbornly but in three plays the ball was carried over by Jones. A very difficult goal was kicked by Barnard. Later in the half West Point advanced to Harvard's 20 yard line and attempted a field-goal, but the ball was blocked by Meier and secured for Harvard on the 33 yard line. Harvard then advanced straight down the field and, principally by means of fairly good end runs by Knowles, who replaced Kernan, arrived within a few inches of West Point's goal. The ball...