Word: final
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first games of the season showed an inexperienced squad of possible football players, but Saturday's exhibition was conclusive evidence that the efforts of the coaches had worked a miracle in the final development of a team that Harvard is justly proud of. One cycle of Harvard victories has been terminated, but the prospects for the beginning of another are bright, the greatest credit is due the Yale team that has finally conquered, but Captain Dadmun and his men will always be honored for their wonderful exhibition of fight and pluck...
Haskell put up the most heady game for Yale on the offence, while Crawford and Captain Wood were the mainstays of the defence. Haskell nearly scored in the University in the final period, but his shots were not quite accurate enough to save Yale from a shut-out. The game was fast throughout and both elevens gave a good exhibition of team play...
...fact that the University team which met Brown was composed of substitutes, for he says: "Personally, I believe that so-called second-string men, with the ambition to be first-string men, are a harder proposition than veterans anxious to be in the best shape for the final game. However this may be, it is fair to assume that the two games showed the comparative strength of the two teams, both as to offence and defence...
...regular outfit, so many members of which accompanied almost the entire coaching squad to Princeton to get a peek at the Yale team in action. The Harvard eleven, except for one or two men, has had a good rest since playing Princeton and can do considerable work in final preparation for Yale during the three days it will be at Cambridge this week. The defence for the Yale game has been worked out and after going to Princeton all the coaches have been able to have a hand in it. It is not known just how much, if anything, Yale...
This game was the final one of the season team. P. Zach '19 and J. W. Pennock '17, at right and left guard, stopped many plays through the centre of the line and opened up big holes for Johnson to gain through. The latter ran hard and nearly broke loose twice for touchdowns but was downed by the Brown colored halfback, Williams, who overtook him after he had got clear of the rest of the field. Johnson had two opportunities to score drop-kicks but both attempts failed...