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...punting, Yale gained a slightly greater total distance, but Sperry was hampered on several occasions by poor passes and an inadequate defensive formation, which allowed one punt to be entirely and another partially blocked. Harvard was outclassed in straight rushing in the first half, in which Yale gained by this means a net distance of 138 yards to Harvard's 4. Both teams kicked more in the second half; in this Yale in 29 rushes made a net gain of only 49 yards and Harvard in 26 finishes gained a net distance of 52 yards...
...expected from the lack of effective interference as well as from the uncertainty of footing on a slippery field. In the second half, by the hardest kind of individual work and an occasional welding together into something like effective team play the eleven made short but consistent gains. The defense, excellent throughout except in kick formations, taxed Yale's superior offensive strength to the limit till the last play of the game, and was, unexpectedly, the redeeming feature of the team's play. Against opponents of uniformly greater experience the line men played a far better game than they were...
Roraback kicked off to Randall who brought the ball back 18 yards to Harvard's 28-yard line. Mills failed to gain at centre and Sperry tried left end but was thrown by Shevlin for a loss of 5 yards. Sperry punted to Yale's 47-yard line and Rockwell ran the ball back 10 yards. Flinn on his first try failed to gain through Derby, but on the next went through him for 3 yards. Morse got 6 yards through Brill, and then, with Bloomer back, made 2 more, to Harvard's 41-yard line. Hogan made 2 yards...
Matthews went in for Randall and Shevlin ran in the kick-off 33 yards from his 5-yard line. Hoyt was thrown by Sperry without gain, and Flinn made 5 yards through centre on a fake kick. On a quarterback run around Montgomery, Rockwell gained 11 yards. Yale was then forced to punt and Starr ran the ball back 10 yards to Harvard's 25-yard line. Harvard, in turn, had to punt and Hoyt, catching the ball at Yale's 45-yard line, was downed in his tracks by Montgomery. Derby was then taken out and Parkinson went...
Individually, the players are for the most part neither brilliant nor experienced, but are capable and to be relied upon. Captain Hurley plays a fast, spirited game. In the attack he may always be depended upon for substantial gains, and in the defense he is the best player on the team. Mills at fullback, is a hard plunging back, sure to gain ground in line plunges, and very effective in the secondary defense. Sperry, left half-back, will do the kicking this afternoon. His punts have fair distance and medium height, although in the latter respect they vary somewhat...