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...seems that all the Harvard team needs is an even share of the breaks of the game in order to become a consistent winner. Five offensive thrusts carried the Crimson past the Middies' fifteen-yard line, in spite of the superb Navy pass defense, with a varied attack which can produce these results, Harvard's team should be granted an even chance to defeat the Elis. This is in itself a matter for rejoicing, and Coach Harlow deserves universal respect for successfully altering the future augured by the disastrous Army and Dartmouth weekends...
...lead in the first half-lap. Greeley remained close at his heels the whole distance. Chapin took the baton from Tibbetts in time to start with a three-yard lead over Multer. A couple of bursts of speed in the last two laps enabled Chapin to hand a fifteen-yard lead to Cutcheon. Cutcheon ran a fast, steady six laps in which he widened the gap over Gibson. Haggerty, well known to local track fans, was cheered wildly as he rushed farther and farther ahead of Laughlin, the Yale anchor man. He broke the tape in 8 minutes...
...minutes against West Point. On the second string line were Coleman and Wolfe, ends; Root and Conway, tackles; Vandergrift and Frank Butterworth, guards, and Earl, center. Cutler took the ball over twice on line plunges but on two other occasions the scrubs were invulnerable inside their fifteen-yard mark...
...fourth period the Seconds, getting the ball in midfield carried it, to the fifteen-yard line before the stiffening Yearling defence took the ball on downs...
...first period was the University's quarter for the Crimson forced the play gaining 22 yards by rushing to the Blue's 15 and pushing Yale back by outpunting her on an average of 26 to 40 yards. A fifteen-yard penalty for holding broke up this advance, but when R. Harto '17 recovered LaRoche's fumble of Horween's punt, the University had a chance to score. Only seven yards could be made in three downs, however, and Robinson dropped back for his successful field goal...