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Ninety-Five, 8; Cambridge High, 0.Ninety-five and Cambridge High School played a short game yesterday on Soldiers Field. Ninety-five scored twice, once by some good, hard playing, and the second time on a fluke. No goal was kicked either time. They had the ball nearly across the line for a third touchdown when the game was called. Ninety-five's team played a sharp game with one or two exceptions; the line held well and made some good holes for the backs. Cambridge High played pluckily but was no match for! ninety-five...
...second scored on a fluke as on Monday, otherwise the work of the 'varsity was creditable. The aggressive playing had a little of that fierceness which one expects to see in a winning team. The defense, too, was not bad. Newell played as he used to in his freshman year and did a good part of the tackling for the eleven. Mackie braced considerably and Clarke and Stevenson showed themselves good ground gainers, The flying wedge with Stevenson behind it was again brilliantly successful, at one time making nearly 40 yards...
...ninety-six was very ragged and showed no improvement over previous games. The Training School made most of her gains through the tackles and guards. The work of the backs was good, considering the fact that they received no assistance from the interferers. The Training School scored on a fluke, ninety-six fumbling the ball in a V. The following men played...
...make some remark upon the football game, since it is of so much interest to all the men here." Its remarks are exceedingly interesting. It views the defeat in a rather gloomy light. We are told that "we were on the whole outplayed," "it was fortunate that a 'fluke' touchdown was not given us." finally we are told that our standard "was not up to that of a decidedly mediocre Yale team" -remarkable, is it not, that the best team Yale ever put in the field should have barely succeeded in scoring six points towards the end of the second...
...touchdowns were made either by Arnold around the end or by Fennessy and Gould through the centre. The high tackling of the Amherst team was partly responsible for their defeat as the Harvard backs often made several yards after being tackled. One of Amherst's touchdowns was on a fluke. Following is the order of the players...