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...keen one. Captain P. R. Withington '12, should star in the two-mile, although he should he closely pressed by F. W. Copeland '13, a runner who has shown unusual promise in cross-country work and who failed to score in the Yale meet last spring by a fluke, he having stopped running a short distance from the finish line because he thought he had crossed the line. Another very promising man is R. St. B. Boyd '14, the star distance man of last year's Freshman team and a brilliant cross-country runner. Other men of promise...
...their work, but also individuals. Men who had played steadily through the season until some important game suddenly seemed to lose their perspective and, hence, their effectiveness. This was true in several positions. The principal contests of the year were won and lost through a fumble or a fluke. None of the other work counted...
...Dartmouth scores this season, shown on page 6, give Dartmouth 129 points, opponents 17, the only defeat coming on a fluke last Saturday at Princeton...
Although in all the early season games nothing but a few simple formations were used, the contests were easily won, and except for field-goals and fluke touchdowns by Williams and Amherst, Dartmouth has not been scored upon. At no time during the season was her goal-line endangered by real football, showing the strength of the offence. Dartmouth has scored 129 points to 17 by opponents...
...past scores is not a sure means of forecasting future results, if such a comparison is made of the Dartmouth and Harvard scores this season, our opponents appear to have the stronger team. While Princeton defeated us 8 to 6, it defeated Dartmouth 3 to 0 by the merest fluke, and those who saw the game were inclined to believe that Dartmouth had really the more effective team...