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...stopped with a loss: but usually if a gain was very much needed by Pennsylvania the Harvard team did not evidence strength enough to prevent it. Harvard once lost the ball on downs in midfield and again was unable in three tries to carry the ball across Pennsylvania's five-yard line...
...University eleven. The Bates team was obliged to play almost entirely on the defensive and was generally forced to give way to superior weight, but even against these odds made a very plucky fight and frequently forced the University team to use all its downs to secure a five-yard advance. Fast work by the backs alone prevented most of the plays being stopped without gain. The interference was wretched...
After Marshall's kick-off Bates made a series of good gains and finally punted to the middle of the field. Through three end runs by Tenney and Piper Harvard took the ball to Bates's five-yard line. Graydon then scored the first touchdown on a line plunge. Barnard kicked the goal. After a few plays succeeding the next kick-off, C. Marshall caught a punt on Harvard's thirty-yard line. Two end runs gained eight yards, but Tenney fumbled. A fumble by Bates soon gave Harvard the ball on Bates's forty-five yard line. Line plunges...
...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 on the five-yard line, another chance to score was lost when an easy try for a field-goal was missed. All the scoring was done in the first half and both touchdowns were made after Harvard had obtained the ball within 25 yards of the Williams goal. In the second half Harvard...
...first team was superior in the line, and the backs were heavier and played more effectively together. The defensive work of the second team, particularly when forced to their goal line, was very strong and they repeatedly held the first team for downs within their five-yard line...